Arctia romanovi

Arctia romanovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Arctia
Species:	A. romanovi
Binomial name
Arctia romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
Synonyms
Preparctia romanovi(Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Preparctia romanovi f. biconfluensBang-Haas, 1939 Preparctia romanovi f. confluensBang-Haas, 1939 Preparctia romanovi ab. flavaBang-Haas, 1930 Preparctia romanovi f. rubrobasalisBang-Haas, 1939

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]}

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

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 .

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.