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Ateneria crinipuncta
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ateneria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Ateneria crinipuncta, is found in French Guiana. Both the genus and the species were first described by William Schaus in 1914. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ateneria crinipuncta sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 91st most-seen of the 346 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ateneria crinipuncta in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October, the lowest months. Those are among Main Ridge Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in October.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ateneria crinipuncta sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Main Ridge Forest Reserve, in our data
Main Ridge Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ateneria crinipuncta sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Ateneria crinipuncta that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Virbia medarda (about 40%), Eulepidotis viridissima (about 40%) and Walker's Moth (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ateneria crinipuncta is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (13 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.
