Erebus (moth)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Erebini |
| Genus: | Erebus Latreille, 1810[1] |
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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
- Erebus acrotaenia (Felder, 1861)
- Erebus acuta (Fawcett, 1917)
- Erebus aerosa (Swinhoe, 1900)
- Erebus albiangulata (A.E. Prout, 1924)
- Erebus albicintus (Kollar, 1844) (syn: Erebus obscurata (Wileman, 1923), Erebus rivularis Westwood, 1848)
- Erebus atavistis (Hampson 1913)
- Erebus candidii (Strand 1920)
- Erebus caprimulgus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Erebus clavifera (Hampson, 1913)
- Erebus crepuscularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (syn: Erebus obscura (Bethune-Baker, 1906) )
- Erebus cyclops (Felder, 1861)
- Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, 1827)
- Erebus felderi (A.E. Prout, 1922) (syn: Erebus seistosticha (A.E. Prout, 1926))
- Erebus gemmans (Guenée, 1852)
- Erebus glaucopis (Walker, 1858) (syn: Erebus prunosa (Moore, 1883))
- Erebus hieroglyphica (Drury, 1773) (syn: Erebus celebensis (Hopffer, 1874), Erebus hermonia (Cramer, 1777), Erebus lunaris (Walker, 1864), Erebus mygdonia (Cramer, 1777), Erebus tenebrata (L.B. Prout, 1919), Erebus ulula (Fabricius, 1775))
- Erebus illodes (Zerny, 1916)
- Erebus intermedia (Pagenstecher, 1900)
- Erebus ipsa (Swinhoe, 1918)
- Erebus jaintiana (Swinhoe, 1896)
- Erebus lombokensis Swinhoe, 1915
- Erebus macfarlanei (Butler, 1876)
- Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1768)
- Erebus maurus (Gaede, 1917)
- Erebus mirans A.E. Prout, 1932
- Erebus nyctaculis (Snellen, 1880)
- Erebus orcina (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Erebus pilosa (Leech, 1900)
- Erebus purpurata (Druce, 1888) (syn: Erebus aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908)
- Erebus strigipennis (Moore, 1883)
- Erebus sumatrensis (Hampson, 1913)
- Erebus sumbana (Swinhoe, 1918) (syn: Erebus ceramica (Swinhoe 1918), Erebus luzonica (Swinhoe, 1918))
- Erebus superba (Swinhoe, 1908)
- Erebus terminitincta (Gaede, 1938) (syn: Erebus variegata (Swinhoe, 1900))
- Erebus variegata (Butler, 1887)
- Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875) (syn: Erebus valceri (Hampson, 1913))
Former species
- Erebus javanensis (Hampson, 1913)
- Erebus moriola (Swinhoe, 1918)
- Erebus orion (Hampson, 1913)
- Erebus oxodoxia (Swinhoe, 1918)
Gallery
References
- ↑ taxapad.com
- ↑ 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.
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External links
- Erebus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Swedish)
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