Tinolius eburneigutta
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Tinolius eburneigutta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The male has strongly bipectinate (comb-like on both sides) antennae. Caterpillars are known to feed on Thunbergia species.
Thunbergia alata - Sri Lanka Thunbergia grandiflora - Indian subregion Thunbergia mysorensis - India Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Tinolius eburneigutta sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 117 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, April and August
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tinolius eburneigutta in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in May and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tinolius eburneigutta sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tinolius eburneigutta sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Tinolius eburneigutta that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Marbled White Moth (about 30%), Amata thoracica (about 20%) and Footman Moth (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tinolius eburneigutta is recorded against all the insects logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (33 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.
