Manduca pellenia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Manduca pellenia is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. The wingspan is 107–126 mm. The underside of the abdomen is shaded with brown scales, especially in the male. There are heavy, discal, black patches found on the forewing upperside with, forming a band.
There is probably one generation per year in Costa Rica with adults on wing from September to November. They feed on flower nectar. The larvae feed on Solanum hayesii and Cestrum megalophyllum. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Manduca pellenia sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 71st most-seen of the 187 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.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Manduca pellenia in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to January, the lowest months. That is one of Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park's driest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 570 mm in October.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Manduca pellenia sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park, in our data
Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Manduca pellenia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Manduca
The closest relatives of the Manduca pellenia that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (genus Manduca) are Manduca schausi (about 10%) and Florestan Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Manduca pellenia is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (17 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.
