Review of the genus Aphanostola Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Anomologinae) with description of 19 new species from the Afrotropical Region Author Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Zoological Museum, Volodymyrska str., 60, MSP 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine olexbid@gmail.com Author Mey, Wolfram Museum fuer Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute at Humboldt Universitaet, Invalidenstrasse 43, D- 10115, Berlin, Germany Author Agassiz, David Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2016 2016-02-19 63 1 45 74 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.7556 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.7556 1860-1324-1-45 542B0277F89948ED8387EE760EEEF5A4 257DF232C0065A11B4628BA20283C6F1 575793 Aphanostola kruegeri Bidzilya & Mey sp. n. Figs 11 , 48 , 81 Type material. Holotype ♀, [ South Africa ] Pretoria, 1.ii.1951 ( Vari ) (gen. slide 8/15, O. Bidzilya) (TMSA). Paratypes: 1 ♂, same data as holotype but 19.x.1951 (gen. slide 6/15, O. Bidzilya); 1 ♂, same data but 18.i.1950 (gen. slide 8332); 1 ♂, Pretoria N, 26.i.1954 ( Vari ) (gen. slide 4/15, O. Bidzilya); 1 ♀, Pretoria N, 27.i.1951 (gen. slide 11/15, O. Bidzilya) (all TMSA). Diagnosis. The new species is externally very similar to Aphanostola emarginata sp. n. in having brown forewing, but the forewing is densely black irrorated. The male genitalia are defined by the very short basal projection of the phallus. The elongated narrow subostial sclerite and the narrow signum are characteristic for the female genitalia. Description. Adult (Fig. 11 ). Wingspan 7.3-8.1 mm. Head, thorax and tegulae covered with grey brown-tipped scales, labial palpus brown, segment two mixed with grey on inner side, segment three with white medial belt and white apex, antenna in male thicker than antenna in female, finely ciliated, scape brown, flagellum with alternated brown and whitish rings; forewing brown, costal margin mottled with black, diffuse black spot at 2/3 on both margins, black dot in fold, paired black spots in cell, apical 1/4 scattered with black, cilia grey, black tipped. Hindwing light grey. Variation. Some specimens with blackish dorsal margin of forewing. Male genitalia (Fig. 48 ). Uncus broader than long, posterior margin distinctly emarginated; gnathos long, gradually curved in basal half, weakly broadened before pointed tip; tegumen sub-trapezoidal, anterior margin twice as long as posterior margin, anteromedial emargination broad, moderately deep; basal half of valva straight, inner margin with distinct thorn just after sacculus, distal half narrow, densely haired, apex rounded; sacculus stout, triangular, broader than valva; vinculum moderately broad, medial projections short, rounded, medial incision very narrow; saccus basally broad, then tapered, far exceeding beyond apex of pedunculus; phallus weakly narrowed apically, basal projection narrow, nearly reaching tip of phallus. Female genitalia (Fig. 81 ). Segment VIII slightly longer than broad, evenly sclerotized, apophyses anteriores about 2.5 times longer than segment VIII; antrum funnel-shaped; sub-ostial sclerite sub-ovate with lateral folds; ductus bursae narrow in posterior part, then broadened gradually to broad corpus bursae; signum narrow, elongate. Etymology. The species is dedicated to Martin Krueger , Lepidoptera curator in the TMSA, for his continuous help during our work in the collections of the TMSA. Distribution. South Africa. Biology. The host plant is unknown. The adults were collected in October, January and February.