Odontoptila obrimo
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Odontoptila is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1897. Its only species, Odontoptila obrimo, was first described by Druce in 1892. It is found in Central and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Odontoptila obrimo is 7130. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torreón | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orbed Wave sighting in Torreón on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 88 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.
March–May and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orbed Wave in Torreón on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Torreón's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 60 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orbed Wave 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.
Only Torreón, in our data
Torreón is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orbed Wave sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Orbed Wave that you can see in Torreón (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Western Giant Swallowtail (about 30%), American Snout (about 20%) and Eufala Skipper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orbed Wave is recorded against all the insects logged in Torreón (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.
