Pachylioides resumens
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pachylioides is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Pachylioides resumens, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Ficus Sphinx sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 506 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Ficus Sphinx in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June–August and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve's wettest months, with about 510 mm of rain against 45 mm in March.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Ficus Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
6th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Lesser Ficus Sphinx sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%), Iguazú National Park (Argentina, about 20%) and Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Lesser Ficus Sphinx that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Adhemarius dariensis (about 10%), Brown And Yellow Sphinx (about 10%) and Adhemarius ypsilon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Ficus Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (16 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.
