Cautethia spuria
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Cautethia spuria, the spurious sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. It lives from Mexico to Costa Rica to southern Texas and Oklahoma on the North American continent. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spurious Sphinx sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 11 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.
July to November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spurious Sphinx in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to June, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spurious Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Spurious Sphinx sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Spurious Sphinx that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Walnut Sphinx (about 10%), White-Lined Sphinx (about 10%) and Florestan Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spurious Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (11 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.
