Psoloptera thoracica
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Psoloptera thoracica is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Panama, Ecuador and Tefé, Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Psoloptera thoracica sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 90th 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.
May–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Psoloptera thoracica in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Panama City's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Psoloptera thoracica sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Panama City, in our data
Panama City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Psoloptera thoracica sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Psoloptera thoracica that you can see in Panama City (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 20%), Calonotos tiburtus (about 10%) and Calonotos metallicus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Psoloptera thoracica is recorded against all the insects logged in Panama City (6 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.
