Silvered Prominent

Silvered Prominent

Didugua argentilinea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Cumbres de Monterrey National Park

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

12 Verified sightings at Cumbres de Monterrey National Park From 2019 to 2026
12 In 1 park
November Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Silvered Prominent

Didugua is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae (the prominents). Its only species, Didugua argentilinea, the silvered prominent, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Herbert Druce in 1891.

The MONA or Hodges number for Didugua argentilinea is 7961. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Monterrey 🇲🇽 México
<5%
2 Guadalajara 🇲🇽 México
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Silvered Prominent in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Silvered Prominent sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 220th most-seen of the 431 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 Silvered Prominent in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park?

July and November–January

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silvered Prominent in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–June and August–October, the lowest months. Those are among Cumbres de Monterrey National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 180 mm in September.

What time of day is best to see a Silvered Prominent?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silvered Prominent sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Silvered Prominent?

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 Silvered Prominent sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Silvered Prominent sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Silvered Prominent is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (12 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.

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