Cosmosoma telephus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Cosmosoma telephus is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela and Espírito Santo, Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cosmosoma telephus sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 95th most-seen of the 132 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.
May–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cosmosoma telephus in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–April, the lowest months. Those are among Tijuca National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 180 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cosmosoma telephus 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 Tijuca National Park, in our data
Tijuca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cosmosoma telephus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Cosmosoma telephus that you can see in Tijuca National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Black Witch (about 10%), Poecilosoma eone (about 10%) and Leucotmemis nexa (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cosmosoma telephus is recorded against all the insects logged in Tijuca 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.
