Asbolopsyche parasordida ( Kühne, 2007 )

Volynkin, Anton V., 2025, Contribution to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Archithosia Birket-Smith generic complex with the description of a new genus, nineteen new species and a new subspecies, and introduction of new combinations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 82, pp. 1-63 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.82.1
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scientific name	Asbolopsyche parasordida ( Kühne, 2007 )
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Asbolopsyche parasordida ( Kühne, 2007) View in CoL

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Phryganopsis parasordida Kühne, 2007 View in CoL , Esperiana Memoir View in CoL , 3: 356; figs 8, 9 (genitalia); pl. 44: figs 103, 104 (adults) (Type locality: “ Kenya, Western Prov. GoogleMaps , Kakamega Forest N. R. ... Udo's Campsite ... ca. 0.21,3 N; 34.51 E [0°21.3'N 34°51'E]”).

Material examined. KENYA. Paratypes: 1 male, Kakamega Forest N. R ., prim. forest, 1600m, 27.ix.2001 (Lich [t]falle [light trap]) 1(1), 0.21,34 N; 34.51,39 E [0°21.34'N, 34°51.39'E], leg. L. Kühne, J. Holstein, MfN GoogleMaps gen. slide No. 415♂, ex prep. in glycerol by L. Kühne ( MfN) ; 1 male, Kakamega FST. 00°20[']N 034°51[']E, 1630m, 13.x.2001, leg. Ugo Dall’Asta, unique ID: RMCA ENT 000049703 View Materials , gen. slide No. : AV8843 ♂ ( RMCA) ; 1 female, same locality and collector as previous but 1590m, 15.x.2001, unique ID: RMCA ENT 000049704 View Materials , gen. slide No. : AV8844 ♀ ( RMCA). Non-paratype : 1 male, Kakamega Forest , 1590m, 00°21'N 34°51'E, 28.iii.2003, J. & W. De Prins leg., unique ID: RMCA ENT 000049702 View Materials GoogleMaps , gen. slide No. : AV8842 ♂ ( RMCA) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 15.0 mm in males and 17.5 mm in the female examined. The species is similar to the allopatric A. jiwundu sp. n. and a detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. The species is currently known only from Kakamega Forest in western Kenya.