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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FIGURE 1 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Cacciali April 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3- Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Pier Cacciali April 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Omiodes indicata - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 6 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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).