1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Diagnose

2.1. Falter

Bartsch (2013: 11) erläuterte: "A. rufa is somewhat similar to A. pyrethra, A. luteopunctata and A. pyrocraspis. The hindwings are most diagnostic; they have an orange coloured, semitransparent dorsum, which is singular within the species group and orange veins, discal spot and margins (predominantly black in A. luteopunctata and A. pyrocraspis). The distinct contrast of the orange margins with the black fringes is only true in A. pyrethra, which further differs by the entirely red forewings."

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Bartsch (2013: 11) erklärte ganz knapp: "Latin rufus (= red)."

3.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik

Die Art ist nur durch die kleine Typenserie aus Südafrika bekannt. Bartsch (2013: 12) merkte an: "So far Alonina rufa was overlooked or confused with other Sesiidae species. The holotype was formerly described as the male of Alonina pyrethra by Hampson (1919). The female paratype from Knysna (BMNH) was listed as one of the primary types of Austrosetia semirufa by Felder & Felder (1874)."

3.3. Typenmaterial

Bartsch (2013: 11) teilte mit: "Holotype: ♂ (Fig. 22), South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town, Nov.1885 (BMNH). Paratypes: 1 ♀ (Fig. 34), South Africa, Knysna, R. Trimen leg. (paralectotype of Austrosetia semirufa) (BMNH); 2 ♂, South Africa, Western Cape Province, vic. Kleinmond, southern slopes of Palmiet Mountains, 200 - 300 m, 18.–19.Dec.2005, leg. J.J.de Freina (CFM); 1 ♂ (Fig. 23–24) ibid., (gen. prep. Bartsch 2009–13, Fig. 111); 1 ♀ (Fig. 21) “Cap, v. Ludw. 37” [South Africa, Cape, 1828–1837, von Ludwig leg. (Häuser et al. 2003)] (SMNS). "

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Bartsch, D. (2013): Revisionary checklist of the Southern African Sesiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of new species. — Zootaxa, 3741 (1): 1–54.