Macrocneme chrysitis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Macrocneme chrysitis, the southern cyan tiger moth, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844. It is found in Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Cyan Tiger Moth sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 46 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.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Cyan Tiger Moth in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, July and December, the lowest months. That is one of Cumbres de Monterrey National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 180 mm in September.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Cyan Tiger Moth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Southern Cyan Tiger Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Cyan Tiger 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 Black-Banded Wasp Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Cyan Tiger Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (46 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.
