Brown Triangle Snout

Brown Triangle Snout

Hypena lividalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Rome

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

15 Verified sightings at Rome
46 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Brown Triangle Snout

Hypena lividalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has an Afrotropical and possibly Circumtropical distribution. It is known from the western parts of the Palearctic realm and the Neotropical realm. Adults are on wing year round. There are multiple generations per year.

The larvae feed on Parietaria and Urtica species. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
3 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
4 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Valencia 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
2 Jerusalem 🇮🇱 Israel
~10%
3 Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 Israel
~10%
4 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
5 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
6 Athens 🇬🇷 Greece
~10%
7 Pretoria 🇿🇦 South Africa
~10%
8 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
9 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
10 Istanbul 🇹🇷 Turkey
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Triangle Snout in Rome?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Triangle Snout sighting in Rome on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 92nd most-seen of the 289 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown Triangle Snout in Rome?

August and November–December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Triangle Snout in Rome on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–July and September–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Brown Triangle Snout?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Triangle Snout 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.

Is Rome the best place to see a Brown Triangle Snout?

Among the best

Of the 14 cities where we can rate Brown Triangle Snout sightings, Rome ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Valencia (Spain, about 10%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 10%) and Tel Aviv (Israel, about 10%).

Where does the Brown Triangle Snout sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown Triangle Snout is recorded against all the insects logged in Rome (15 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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