Macrocneme chrysitis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Macrocneme chrysitis, the southern cyan tiger moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844. It is found in Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Cyan Tiger Moth sighting in Monterrey on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 177th most-seen of the 413 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September to January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Cyan Tiger Moth in Monterrey on a given day, against under 5% in February to August, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Cyan Tiger Moth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Monterrey, in our data
Monterrey is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Southern Cyan Tiger Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Cyan Tiger Moth that you can see in Monterrey (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 10%), Eurylomia cordula (about 10%) and Black-Banded Wasp Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Cyan Tiger Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Monterrey (18 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
