CTENUCHINI - CTENUCHID TIGER MOTHS
Formerly treated as a subfamily incorporating the Euchromiini, this group is now considered a tribe within the Arctiinae. The metapisternal tymbal organ is absent in many and veins Sc and Rs are fused in the hindwing. The proboscis is well-developed. Food plants are generally grasses, mosses and lichens. Larvae have dense brushes of secondary setae on verrucae. The crochets are uniordinal. Pupation occurs in a cocoon of silk and larval setae.
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FIGURE 1 - Unidentified sp.  - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Unidentified sp.  - PN Defensores del Chaco, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 3 - Unidentified sp.  - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith July 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Unidentified sp.  - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 5 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).