Saenura

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

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.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
• Saenura at funet

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