Erebus (moth)

Erebus

Erebus macrops

Erebus ephesperis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Erebini
Genus:	Erebus Latreille, 1810
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.

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

Differs from Speiredonia in the mid and hind tibia being spined and almost naked. Forewings are broad.