Turuptiana obliqua
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Turuptiana obliqua is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Turuptiana obliqua sighting in San José on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 67th most-seen of the 239 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.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Turuptiana obliqua in San José on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and May–July, the lowest months. That is one of San José's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Turuptiana obliqua sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Turuptiana obliqua sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Turuptiana obliqua 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 Cyanopepla submacula (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Turuptiana obliqua is recorded against all the insects logged in San José (21 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.
