1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Diagnose

2.1. Falter

Bartsch (2013: 10) erklärte: "Alonina pyrocraspis is somewhat similar to A. luteopunctata, A. pyretra and A. rufa, in particular the coloration of the body and the forewing, but appears more clearly marked with well defined transparent areas. A. luteopunctata can be distinguished by the much larger external transparent area, and thereby narrower, in males nearly absent apical area, and the narrower discal spot with pale reddish suffused distal margin (discal spot distally pure red in A. pyrocraspis). A. pyretra and A. rufa differ by the orange, not dark brown coloration of the hindwing discal spot, veins and margins, A. rufa further by the orange, semitransparent hindwing dorsum."

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Sciapteron pyrocraspis Hampson, 1910 [Originalkombination]

3.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik

Die Art wurde von Hampson (1910: 153-154) als "Sciapteron pyrocraspis" aus "Cape Colony, Cape Town, Rondebosch" in Südafrika beschrieben. Bartsch (2013: 10) überführte sie in die Gattung Alonina. Er listete dabei einige weitere Exemplare beiderlei Geschlechts, alle aus der Cape Province in Südafrika.

3.3. Typenmaterial

Bartsch (2013: 10) teilte mit: "Holotype: ♂ (Fig. 19), “South Africa, Cape Colony, Cape Town, Rondebosch, Feb.1891, T.D. Butler leg.” (BMNH)."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literatur

• Bartsch, D. (2013): Revisionary checklist of the Southern African Sesiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of new species. — Zootaxa, 3741 (1): 1–54.
• Erstbeschreibung: Hampson, G.F. (1910): Descriptions of new African Moths. — The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Eighth Series), 5: 430–496, 6 (31): 116–141, (32): 145–160. [Sesiidae 149–156]. [Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org]