Biology:Saenura
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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] It is sometimes known as the yellow ermine.[2]
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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- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SAENFLAV. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Yellow Ermine (Saenura flava)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/633580-Saenura-flava.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- Savela, Markku. "Saenura Wallengren, 1858". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/saenura/. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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