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Saenura flava

Synonyms: Saenura oriens

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Prey / Diet

Lantana camara (lantana)[1]
Rubus pinnatus[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0