Saenura
| Saenura flava | |
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| Adult | |
| Larva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Wallengren, 1858 |
| Species: | S. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Saenura flava Wallengren, 1858
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| Synonyms | |
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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.
References
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- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860". Afromoths. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ "Yellow Ermine (Saenura flava)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
- Savela, Markku. "Saenura Wallengren, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 16, 2017.