Xanthopastis timais
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Xanthopastis timais is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the lowland areas of South and Central America and in the Caribbean. In the south, it ranges to northern Argentina. It was previously also recorded from North America, but these records refer to Xanthopastis regnatrix. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Xanthopastis timais 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
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Xanthopastis timais in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–April, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xanthopastis timais sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and 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 Xanthopastis timais sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Xanthopastis timais that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Tripudia ochrocraspis (about 20%), Agrapha ahenea (about 20%) and Condica abida (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xanthopastis timais 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.
