Saenura
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
The larvae feed on Tagetes erecta, Senecio species, Cassia occidentalis, , Tephrosia species, Acacia mearnsii, , , , Smilax species and Lantana species.
References[]
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860". Afromoths. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- Savela, Markku. "Saenura Wallengren, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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