What is "rosalba"

Rosalba is a feminine personal name, derived from the Latin rosa alba, the white rose. Although known in English, the name is especially associated with Italy, and is also common in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, where it is also a surname.

It may refer to any of the following individuals:

• Rosalba, a character in The Rose and the Ring, a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
• Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), a Venetian painter and portraitist of the Rococo style.
• Rosalba Gualito Castañeda (b. 1966), a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
• Rosalba Rincon Castell (1934–2014), a Colombian fencing instructor.
• Rosalba Ciarlini (b. 1952), a Brazilian politician of Italian descent.
• Rosaria Console (b. 1979), an Italian long-distance runner, better known as "Rosalba."
• Rosalba Forciniti (b. 1986), a member of the 2012 Italian Olympic Judo team.
• Rosalba Neri (b. 1939), an Italian actress also known by the name "Sara Bey" or "Bay".
• Rosalba Pedrina (b. 1944), an Italian artist and resident of Vicenza.
• Rosalba Pippa (b. 1982), an Italian singer and actress, also known by her stage name, Arisa.
• Rosalba De la Cruz Requena (b. 1954), a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
• Simone Rosalba (b. 1976), a member of the 2000 Italian Olympic volleyball team.
• Rosalba Todaro, a prominent Chilean economist and scholar of women's economic issues.

Rosalba is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:

• Rosalba alboapicalis (Breuning, 1940)
• Rosalba alcidionoides Thomson, 1864
• Rosalba approximata (Melzer, 1934)
• Rosalba arawakiana Villiers, 1980
• Rosalba bucki (Melzer, 1934)
• Rosalba consobrina (Melzer, 1934)
• Rosalba costaricensis (Melzer, 1934)
• Rosalba crassepunctata Breuning, 1948
• Rosalba digna (Melzer, 1934)
• Rosalba dissimilis (Belon, 1903)
• Rosalba fimbriata (Belon, 1903)
• Rosalba formosa Martins & Galileo, 2008
• Rosalba hovorei Touroult, 2007
• Rosalba incrustabilis Galileo & Martins, 2006
• Rosalba indistincta (Breuning, 1940)
• Rosalba inscripta (Bates, 1866)
• Rosalba malleri (Melzer, 1934)
• Rosalba mediofasciata (Breuning, 1943)
• Rosalba obliqua (Thomson, 1868)
• Rosalba peraffinis (Breuning, 1940)
• Rosalba pulchella (Belon, 1903)
• Rosalba recta (Thomson, 1868)
• Rosalba rufescens (Breuning, 1940)
• Rosalba rufobasalis (Breuning, 1940)
• Rosalba smaragdina (Breuning, 1940)
• Rosalba stigmatifera (Thomson, 1868)
• Rosalba strandi (Breuning, 1943)
• Rosalba strandiella (Breuning, 1940)
• Rosalba suiaba Martins & Galileo, 2009