Pyralis manihotalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Pyralis manihotalis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Meal Moth sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 117 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.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Meal Moth in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–October and December–April, the lowest months. That is one of Serra dos Órgãos National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain against 310 mm in November.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Meal Moth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Tropical Meal Moth sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Tropical Meal Moth that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Dark Owl-Butterfly (about 30%), Melinaea ludovica (about 20%) and White Peacock (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Meal Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (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.
