Saenura

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Saenura flava
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Adult
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Larva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Saenura
Wallengren, 1858
Species:
S. flava
Binomial name
Saenura flava
Wallengren, 1858
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia oriensRothschild, 1917

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]

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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References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860". Afromoths. Retrieved November 16, 2017.