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Mesophleps adustipennis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Mesophleps adustipennis, the soybean webworm moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the western and southern parts of the United States (California, Texas, Mississippi and Florida), Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, the West Indies (the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guana, St Thomas, St Croix, Anguilla, Dominica, Barbados, Grenada, Tobago, Trinidad), Venezuela, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Peru, Brazil (Rondônia, Amazonas, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo).
The wingspan is 7.5–18 mm. The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, Crotalaria, Acacia farnesiana and Pithecellobium pallens. 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 Soybean Webworm Moth sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 296th most-seen of the 346 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Soybean Webworm Moth in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and September–March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Soybean Webworm Moth 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 Soybean Webworm Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Soybean Webworm Moth that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Virbia medarda (about 40%), Red Peacock (about 40%) and Checkered Apogeshna Moth (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Soybean Webworm Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (5 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.
