Pyralis manihotalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 São Paulo on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 381st most-seen of the 832 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Meal Moth in São Paulo on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
9th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Tropical Meal Moth sightings, São Paulo ranks 9th 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 São Paulo (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.
