Pink Hawkmoth

Pink Hawkmoth

Adhemarius gannascus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Porto Alegre

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

6 Verified sightings at Porto Alegre
59 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Pink Hawkmoth

Adhemarius gannascus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
2 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
3 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
4 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
5 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pink Hawkmoth in Porto Alegre?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pink Hawkmoth sighting in Porto Alegre on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 176th most-seen of the 226 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Pink Hawkmoth in Porto Alegre?

March–April, August and December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pink Hawkmoth in Porto Alegre on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, May–July and September–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Pink Hawkmoth?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pink Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Pink Hawkmoth?

Only Porto Alegre, in our data

Porto Alegre is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pink Hawkmoth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Pink Hawkmoth sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pink Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto Alegre (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.

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