Romualdia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
Genus: | Romualdia Rego Barros, 1957 |
The Phaegopterina are a subtribe of tiger moths in the tribe Arctiini, which is part of the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. 469 species of Phaegopterina are present and 52 that are recently discovered in Brazil.
Romualdia chimaera is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1935. It is found in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
Romualdia elongata is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil.