Eudesmia menea
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Eudesmia menea, the lunar eudesmia, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Drury in 1782. It is found from Brazil and Colombia, through Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras), to the southern United States, where it is found from southern Texas to Florida. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Eudesmia menea sighting in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 152 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Eudesmia menea in Lago de Yojoa on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, August–October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eudesmia menea sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Eudesmia menea sightings, Lago de Yojoa ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Biotopo Cerro Cahuí (Guatemala, about 20%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Eudesmia menea that you can see in Lago de Yojoa (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 10%), Belemnia inaurata (about 10%) and Feigeria herilia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eudesmia menea is recorded against all the insects logged in Lago de Yojoa (9 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.
