Thysania zenobia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Owl Moth sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 119th most-seen of the 169 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.
January, March, May, July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Owl Moth in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June, August and November–December, the lowest months.
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.
9th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Owl Moth sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 9th at under 5%. 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 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 Owl Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Rio de Janeiro (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.
