Erebus crepuscularis

Erebus crepuscularis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[1] It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea, Taiwan (including Green Island and Orchid Island[2]) and the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.[3]

Erebus crepuscularis
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Erebus
Species:
E. crepuscularis
Binomial name
Erebus crepuscularis
Synonyms
  • Erebus albicrustata (L. B. Prout, 1919)
  • Nyctipao albicrustata L. B. Prout, 1919
  • Erebus dentifascia (Walker, 1865)
  • Nyctipao dentifascia Walker, 1865
  • Erebus obscura (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
  • Erebus meforensis (A. E. Prout, 1924)
  • Nyctipao meforensis A. E. Prout, 1924
  • Erebus phaea (Turner, 1933)
  • Nyctipao phaea Turner, 1933
  • Erebus saparaea Swinhoe, 1918
  • Erebus speciosus Hulstaert, 1924
  • Erebus leucotaenia (Guenée, 1852)
  • Nyctipao leucotaenia Guenée, 1852
  • Nyctipao deochrata Gaede, 1938
  • Nyctipao subobscura Gaede, 1938

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Erebus crepuscularis (Linnaeus 1758)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016.
  2. Wu, S.; Ma, C.-H.; Fu, C.-M.; Hsu, H.-C. (2022). "On the First Record of Erebus crepuscularis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Lanyu and Green Island (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae)" (PDF). Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies. 7 (1): 1–6.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (3 June 2018). "Erebus crepuscularis (Linnaeus, 1758)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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