Callionima falcifera
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Callionima falcifera is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Bruno Gehlen in 1943. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Jamaica, south through northern South America (north-western and eastern Venezuela). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Falcifera Sphinx Moth sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 74th most-seen of the 131 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.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Falcifera Sphinx Moth in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–May, the lowest months. That is one of Panama City's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 10 mm in February.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Falcifera Sphinx Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Panama City, in our data
Panama City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Falcifera Sphinx Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Falcifera Sphinx Moth that you can see in Panama City (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Streaked Sphinx (about 10%), Fig Sphinx (about 10%) and Tetrio Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Falcifera Sphinx Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Panama City (7 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.
