Psilogramma increta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Psilogramma increta, the plain grey hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Grey Hawkmoth sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 261st most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Grey Hawkmoth in Taipei on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Grey Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
14th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Plain Grey Hawkmoth sightings, Taipei ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Xiuying District (China, about 20%), Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Shanghai (China, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Plain Grey Hawkmoth that you can see in Taipei (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Green Pergesa Hawkmoth (about 10%), Marumba cristata (about 10%) and Yam Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Grey Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Taipei (35 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.
