| Saenura flava | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Saenura Wallengren, 1858 |
| Species: | S. flava |
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| Saenura flava Wallengren, 1858 | |
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Saenura is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains only one species, Saenura flava, which can be found in southern Africa. [1] It is sometimes known as the yellow ermine. [2]
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.
