Thysania zenobia
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Thysania zenobia, the owl moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776, and is native to North and South America and the Caribbean. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Owl Moth sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 47th most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Owl Moth in Quito on a given day, against under 5% in September to December, the lowest months. Those are among Quito's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in August.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Owl Moth 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.
4th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Owl Moth sightings, Quito ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 20%), Cali (Colombia, about 20%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Owl Moth that you can see in Quito (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 40%), Chrysocale regalis (about 10%) and Cyanopepla micans (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Owl Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Quito (11 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.
