Saenura

Saenura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Saenura
Wallengren, 1858
Species: S. flava
Binomial name
Saenura flava
Synonyms
  • Diacrisia oriens Rothschild, 1917

Saenura is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. 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.

References

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