Xylophanes thyelia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Xylophanes thyelia is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. 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 Xylophanes thyelia sighting in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 102nd 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 Xylophanes thyelia 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 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xylophanes thyelia sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Xylophanes thyelia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Xylophanes
The closest relatives of the Xylophanes thyelia that you can see in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (genus Xylophanes) are Xylophanes belti (about 10%), Xylophanes zurcheri (about 10%) and Brown And Yellow Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xylophanes thyelia is recorded against all the insects logged in Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (8 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.
