LITHOSIINAE - LICHEN MOTHS
Forewing narrow but hindwing broader and more rounded. Forewing vein R1 merges with Sc over much of its length and one of the veins arising from the cell is often lost. Larvae less densely-covered with secondary setae than other subfamilies. and corchets arranged as uniordinal mesoseries. Prolegs may have extended lobes laterally. Larvae feed on epiphytic algae or lichens, hence the common name.
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FIGURE 1 - Unidentified sp. - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Unidentified sp. - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Unidentified sp. - PROCOSARA, San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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This website is copyrighted by law. Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
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