Saenura
| Saenura | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Spilosomini |
| Genus: | Saenura Wallengren, 1858 |
| Species: | S. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Saenura flava | |
| Synonyms | |
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Saenura is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It contains only one species, Saenura flava, which can be found in South Africa, Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
The larvae feed on Tagetes erecta, Senecio species, Cassia occidentalis, Cassia tomentosa, Tephrosia species, Acacia mearnsii, Ornithogalium eckloni, Protea multibracteata, Rubus pinnotus, Smilax species and Lantana species.
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