Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Arctiidae Scientific name Saenura flava | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Arctiinae Rank Genus | |
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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, Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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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