Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth

Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth

Hippotion rosetta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Tuen Mun

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

7 Verified sightings at Tuen Mun
27 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
February Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth

Hippotion rosetta, or Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth, is a species of sphingid moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%
2 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
3 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jabalpur 🇮🇳 India
~20%
2 Naha 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
3 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
4 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~10%
5 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
6 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~10%
8 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
<5%
9 Pune 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth in Tuen Mun?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 394th most-seen of the 557 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth in Tuen Mun?

February, May–June, September and November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth in Tuen Mun on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, July–August, October and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Tuen Mun the best place to see a Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth?

7th of 15

Of the 15 cities where we can rate Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth sightings, Tuen Mun ranks 7th at about 10%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 20%), Naha (Japan, about 10%) and Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (Sri Lanka, about 10%).

Where does the Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Tuen Mun (7 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.

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