CRAMBIDAE - CRAMBID SNOUT MOTHS
Formerly treated as a subfamily of the Pyralidae, the Crambids are a group of small moths with triangular wings and pointed labial palps giving rise to what appears to be a pointed "snout". Females release pheromones from the tip of the abdomen, posing with wings spread and everting a feather-like structure and waving the upturned abdomen slowly side to side.
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Carlos Grassini assisted with some of the identifications on this page.
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Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this page were taken by Paul Smith, Jonathan Newman, Jeni Oborn and Pier Caccialli and are used with their permission.
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FIGURE 1 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Cacciali April 2008).
FIGURE 3 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2008).
FIGURE 4 - Samea multiplicalis - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Cacciali April 2008).
FIGURE 5 - Omiodes indicata - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 6 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2008).
FIGURE 7 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 8 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 9 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 10 - Unidentified sp. - Ayolas, Departamento Misiones (Jonathan Newman October 2009).
FIGURE 11 - Unidentified sp. - Ayolas, Departamento Misiones (Jonathan Newman October 2009).
FIGURE 12 - Unidentified sp. - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith March 2010).
FIGURE 13 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
FIGURE 14 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
FIGURE 15 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
FIGURE 16 - Unidentified sp. - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2011).
FIGURE 17 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
FIGURE 18 - Unidentified sp. - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2008).
FIGURE 19 - Unidentified sp. - PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith April 2011).
FIGURE 20 - Unidentified sp. - Ayolas, Departamento Misiones (Jonathan Newman October 2009).
FIGURE 21 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith December 2009).
FIGURE 22 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 23 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 24 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2010).
FIGURE 25 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith February 2010)..
FIGURE 26 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith May 2010).
FIGURE 27 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith May 2010).
FIGURE 28 - Unidentified sp. - Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Jeni Oborn May 2010).
FIGURE 29 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2011).
