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 alternella Bidzilya & Agassiz sp. n. Figs 12 , 49 Type material. Holotype ♂, Kenya , Rift valley, Turi, 8000ft, 11.iii.2000 (Agassiz) (gen. slide 307/14 (=1538), O. Bidzilya) (coll. Agassiz). Diagnosis. The new species can be reliably separated from Aphanostola joannoui sp. n., Aphanostola antennata sp. n. and Aphanostola longicornuta sp. n. by the study of the genitalia. The male genitalia are most similar to those of Aphanostola kruegeri sp. n. but the sacculus is longer, the gnathos is narrower and the basal projection of the phallus is longer than in the mentioned species. Description. Adult (Fig. 12 ). Wingspan 7.0 mm. Head, thorax and tegulae greyish-brown, labial palpus brown mottled with black, segment two mixed with grey on inner side, segment three with white medial belt and white apex, antenna in male moderately thick, finely ciliated, scape brown, flagellum with alternating brown and whitish rings; forewing grey, costal margin and apical 1/4 mottled with black, two black spots in cell; cilia grey, black tipped; hindwing light grey. Male genitalia (Fig. 49 ). Uncus heart-shaped, posterior margin with deep medial emargination; gnathos long, narrow, slightly broadened before apex, gradually curved in basal half; tegumen sub-trapezoidal, anterior margin twice as long as posterior margin, anteromedial emargination broad, moderately deep; basal part of valva straight inner margin with distinct narrow thorn just after the sacculus, distal part densely haired, apex rounded; sacculus stout, elongated, as broad as valva, narrowed towards pointed apex, outer margin strongly curved; vinculum moderately broad, medial projections deep and narrow, medial incision very narrow; saccus basally broad, then tapered, slightly exceeding beyond apex of pedunculus; phallus weakly narrowed apically, basal projection narrow, reaching to 3/4 length of phallus. Female. Unknown. Etymology. The specific name is derived from "alternarius" (Latin), alternating, which refers to the alternating brown and white rings of the antenna. Distribution. Kenya. Biology. The host plant is unknown. The adult moth was collected in March at an altitude of 2400 m.