Ammalo helops
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Ammalo helops is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Trinidad, Amazonas, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ammalo helops sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 253 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ammalo helops in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and December–July, the lowest months. That is one of Soberanía National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ammalo helops sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Ammalo helops sightings, Soberanía National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (Jamaica, about 30%), Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 20%) and Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Ammalo helops that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Gaudeator paidicus (about 10%), Walker's Moth (about 10%) and Phaeomolis lineatus (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ammalo helops is recorded against all the insects logged in Soberanía National Park (6 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.
