Colomychus talis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Colomychus talis, the distinguished colymychus moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878. It is found in Mexico and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia.
Adults are on wing from May to August. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Distinguished Colomychus sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 119th most-seen of the 431 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June, August–September and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Distinguished Colomychus in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July, October and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Distinguished Colomychus sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
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 Distinguished Colomychus sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Distinguished Colomychus that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Four-Spotted Palpita Moth (about 10%) and Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Distinguished Colomychus is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (22 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.
