Eucereon punctata
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Main Ridge Forest Reserve

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

15 Verified sightings at Main Ridge Forest Reserve From 2019 to 2026
15 In 1 park
January Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Eucereon punctata

Eucereon punctata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844. It is found in Guatemala, Suriname and the Amazon region. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Eucereon punctata in Main Ridge Forest Reserve?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Eucereon punctata sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 15 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.

When is the best time to see a Eucereon punctata in Main Ridge Forest Reserve?

January

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Eucereon punctata in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Main Ridge Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 80 mm of rain against 230 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a Eucereon punctata?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eucereon punctata sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Eucereon punctata?

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 Eucereon punctata sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Eucereon punctata live in Main Ridge Forest Reserve?

Same genus: Eucereon

The closest relatives of the Eucereon punctata that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (genus Eucereon) are Eucereon maja (about 20%) and Eucereon sylvius (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Eucereon punctata sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Eucereon punctata is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (15 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.

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