Arctia romanovi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1891. It is found in the north-western Chinese province of Qinghai.[1][2]

Arctia romanovi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctia
Species:
A. romanovi
Binomial name
Arctia romanovi
Synonyms
  • Preparctia romanovi (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
  • Preparctia romanovi f. biconfluens Bang-Haas, 1939
  • Preparctia romanovi f. confluens Bang-Haas, 1939
  • Preparctia romanovi ab. flava Bang-Haas, 1930
  • Preparctia romanovi f. rubrobasalis Bang-Haas, 1939

This species, along with the others of the genus Preparctia, was moved to Arctia as a result of phylogenetic research published by Rönkä et al. in 2016.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Preparctia romanovi (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Checklist of Arctiidae of the Palaearctic region
  3. ^ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.