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Erebus (moth)

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Erebus
Erebus macrops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Erebini
Genus: Erebus
Latreille, 1810[1]
Synonyms
  • Argiva Hubner, 1823
  • Bocana Walker, 1865 (preocc. Walker, [1859])
  • Byas Billberg, 1820
  • Cariona Swinhoe, 1918
  • Coria Walker, 1866
  • Crishna Kirby, 1897
  • Eupatula Ragonot, 1894
  • Nyctipao Hubner, 1823
  • Patula Guenee, 1852 (preocc. Held, 1837)

Erebus is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.

Taxonomy

The genus is the type genus of the Erebini tribe, Erebinae subfamily, and Erebidae family.

Description

Differs from Speieredonia in the mid and hind tibia being spined and almost naked. Forewings are broad. [2]

Species

Former species

References

  1. ^ taxapad.com
  2. ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.