Hypercompe icasia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Hypercompe icasia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is widely distributed in South America and is also found on Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Thomas, and Puerto Rico.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Apium, Cecropia, Cissus, Citrus, Erechtites, Erythrina, Ipomoea, Musa, Phaseolus, Psidium, Solanum, and Vanilla species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hypercompe icasia sighting in San José on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 210th most-seen of the 239 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hypercompe icasia in San José on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–September and November–March, the lowest months.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hypercompe icasia sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Hypercompe icasia that you can see in San José (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 20%), Eudesmia menea (about 20%) and Turuptiana obliqua (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hypercompe icasia is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (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.
