Dysschema marginalis
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Dysschema marginalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia. 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 a Dysschema marginalis sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 195th most-seen of the 346 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.
August and October–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dysschema marginalis in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, July, September and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Main Ridge Forest Reserve's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 60 mm in February.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dysschema marginalis 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 Dysschema marginalis sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Dysschema marginalis 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 Dysschema marginalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (8 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.
