Melanchroia chephise
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Melanchroia chephise, the white-tipped black or snowbush spanworm, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Florida and Texas, south to Paraguay. Strays have been recorded from Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Illinois.
The wingspan is about 33 mm. Adults are on wing from September to December. Larvae feed on Phyllanthaceae species, including Breynia and Phyllanthus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 4 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 5 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-Tipped Black 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.
March, June–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Tipped Black in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, September and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Tipped Black sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 14
Of the 14 cities where we can rate White-Tipped Black sightings, Panama City ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 20%), Bogota (Colombia, about 10%) and San Salvador (El Salvador, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the White-Tipped Black that you can see in Panama City (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Banded Peacock (about 30%), White Peacock (about 30%) and Black Witch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Tipped Black 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.
