Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860

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Permalink:	SAENFLAV
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Arctiinae (subfamily)/  Arctiini (tribe)/  Saenura (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wallengren, 1860
Citation:	Saenura flava n. sp.
Original genus:	Saenura
Publication:	Wallengren H. D. J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen.
Journal:	Wiener entomologische Monatschrift
Volume:	4
Issue:	2
Pagination:	162
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31290468

Saenura flava (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Holotype	♂	SNHM	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 7169♂, SNHM.	South Africa	South Africa, Caffraria, leg. J. A. Wahlberg.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Angola		Rothschild W. 1910a. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species. page 139
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	page N. Voaden
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Lesotho		Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 162
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Madagascar		Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 252
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Malawi		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Namibia		Rothschild W. 1917d. Some new moths of the families Arctiidae and Eupterotidae. page 482 (as oriens)
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	South Africa		Wallengren H. D. J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. page 162
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 197
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	South Africa	Gauteng	Distant W. L. 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. page 197
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	South Africa	Western Cape	Dickson C. G. C. 1965a. Recently observed food-plants of some South African lepidopterous larvae page 20
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Zambia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168

Plant note:

See Fawcett 1901: 316; pl. 49, figs 8, 9.

Fawcett J. M. 1901. Notes on the transformations of some South-African Lepidoptera.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Acacia mearnsii	Fabaceae		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 26
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Cassia sp.	Fabaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Lantana sp.	Verbenaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 177
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Lilium sp.	Liliaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Ornithogalum eckloni	Asparagaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 86
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Ornithogalum sp.	Asparagaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Protea caffra	Proteaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 89 (as P. multibracteata)
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Protea sp.	Proteaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Rubus pinnotus	Rosaceae	South Africa	Dickson C. G. C. 1965a. Recently observed food-plants of some South African lepidopterous larvae page 20
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Senecio sp.	Asteraceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Senna multiglandulosa	Fabaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 72 (as Cassia tomentosa)
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Senna occidentalis	Fabaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 72 (as Cassia o.)
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Smilax sp.	Smilacaceae		Goodger D. T. & Watson A. 1995. The Afrotropical Tiger-Moths. An illustrated catalogue, with generic diagnoses and species distribution, of the Afrotropical Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). page 26
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Smilax sp.	Smilacaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Tagetes erecta	Asteraceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 94
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Tagetes sp.	Asteraceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168
Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860	Tephrosia sp.	Fabaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 168

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Saenura flava (1)

Saenura flava (2)

Saenura flava (3)

Saenura flava (4)

Saenura flava (5)

Saenura oriens (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Saenura oriens (Rothschild, 1917)	(Rothschild, 1917)	species	Synonym	Diacrisia oriens