ARCTIINI - TIGER MOTHS
Robust and mainly large Tiger Moths with broad forewings and fairly broad hindwings. Sc + R1 is swollen at the base on the hindwing. Forewings often with bold, but simple colouration, concealing brightly-coloured hindwings and often a strongly-banded and colourful abdomen. Larvae feed on a variety of plant species, especially aromatic plants and are often polyphagous. They are densely setose with setae arising in tufts from tubercles - the stereotypical "woolly bear".
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FIGURE 1 - Idalus sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Idalus dorsalis. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Hypercompe indecisa  - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith November 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Unidentified sp.  - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Jeni Oborn June 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 6 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 7 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 8 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Jeni Oborn June 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 9 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (David Gill March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database). 
FIGURE 10 - Dysschema sacrifica  - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith January 2007).
FIGURE 11 - Unidentified sp. - PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 12 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Cacciali April 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 13 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 14 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 15 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 16 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 17 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 18 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 19 - Unidentified sp. - Itabó Itaipú Reserve, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith November 2008).
FIGURE 20 - Unidentified sp. - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith November 2008).