Syntomeida melanthus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Syntomeida melanthus, the black-banded wasp moth, is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in Arizona, southern and western Texas, the West Indies, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Venezuela.
In the United States, adults have been recorded on wing from April to June and again from August to November. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, mostly in the Convolvulaceae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Banded Wasp Moth sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th most-seen of the 431 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Banded Wasp Moth in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and May, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Banded Wasp Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, in our data
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-Banded Wasp Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Black-Banded Wasp Moth that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 10%), Eurylomia cordula (about 10%) and Southern Cyan Tiger Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Banded Wasp Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (44 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
