Leucotmemis nexa
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Leucotmemis nexa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Bolivia and northern Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Leucotmemis nexa sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 169 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.
April to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Leucotmemis nexa in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in August to March, the lowest months. Those are among Rio de Janeiro's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Leucotmemis nexa sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Rio de Janeiro, in our data
Rio de Janeiro is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Leucotmemis nexa sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Leucotmemis nexa that you can see in Rio de Janeiro (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 10%), Poecilosoma eone (about 10%) and Cosmosoma telephus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Leucotmemis nexa is recorded against all the insects logged in Rio de Janeiro (10 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.
