Saenura
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| Saenura | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Tribe: | Spilosomini |
| Genus: | Saenura Wallengren, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Saenura flava Wallengren, 1858 | |
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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.
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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