Phaloe cruenta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Phaloe cruenta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found in South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Eupatorium inulaefolium, Artemisa absynthium, Heliothropium tiaridoides and Tournefortia brachiata. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Phaloe cruenta sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 248th most-seen of the 306 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Phaloe cruenta in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, July and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Phaloe cruenta 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 Iguazú National Park, in our data
Iguazú National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Phaloe cruenta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Phaloe cruenta that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 20%), Argyroeides braco (about 20%) and Carales astur (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Phaloe cruenta is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (6 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.
