Hypsipyla grandella
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Hypsipyla grandella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in southern Florida (United States), most of the West Indies, Sinaloa and southward in Mexico, Central America, South America except Chile and in Mauritius.
The adult of Hypsipyla ferrealis is distinguished from Hypsipyla grandella by its gray hindwings, while Hypsipyla grandella has silvery hyaline hindwings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mahogany Shoot Borer sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 221st 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.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Mahogany Shoot Borer in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–August and October, the lowest months. That is one of Main Ridge Forest Reserve's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 230 mm in October.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mahogany Shoot Borer 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 Mahogany Shoot Borer sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pyralidae
The closest relatives of the Mahogany Shoot Borer that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Pyralidae, Pyralid Snout Moths) are Nachaba diplagialis (about 30%), Salobrena vacuana (about 30%) and Phidotricha erigens (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mahogany Shoot Borer is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (7 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.
