Pyralis manihotalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Pyralis manihotalis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Meal Moth sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 136th 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.
March, June, August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Meal Moth in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July, September–October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Meal Moth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
5th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Tropical Meal Moth sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Recife (Brazil, about 20%), Goiânia (Brazil, about 20%) and Brasilia (Brazil, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Meal Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Rio de Janeiro (5 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.
