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 kenyella Bidzilya & Agassiz sp. n. Figs 9 , 10 , 47 Type material. Holotype ♂, Kenya , Central, Escarpment, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu, 01°02 '09" S , 36°35 '58" E , 1850 m, M.V., light, 14.viii.1999 (Agassiz) (gen. slide 578/14, O. Bidzilya) (coll. Agassiz). Paratype: ♂, same data as holotype (gen. slide 1497, O. Bidzilya) (coll. Agassiz). Diagnosis. Aphanostola kenyella sp. n. is recognizable externally by the dark, nearly entirely black forewing and comparatively large size. The male genitalia are characterized by the broad sacculus, the narrow saccus and the phallus with distinct lateral teeth on the tip. Description. Adult (Figs 9 , 10 ). Wingspan 8.0-8.2 mm. Head and thorax brown, frons light brown, labial palpus weakly up-curved, segment two black with white apex, segment three black with white ring at base, apex white, scape black, other segments black with narrow whitish rings at base, finely ciliated by male; tegulae black with rare brown tipped scales; ground colour of forewing black to light brown, diffuse light brown medial fascia from 1/2 to 2/3 length, greyish indistinct spots on 3/4 length on both margins, light brown sub-apical area separated with black pattern of irregular shape from light brown medial fascia, cilia brown, black-tipped. Hindwing grey. Variation. Forewing, head and thorax varies from those of described above to dark, nearly uniformly black. Male genitalia (Fig. 47 ). Uncus twice as broad as long, posterior margin with deep v-shaped medial incision; gnathos strongly curved, apical 1/4 weakly widened; tegumen twice as long as broad, anteromedial incision deep and broad; valva straight, inner margin strongly sclerotized, terminating in a short thorn merged with the posterior margin of the sacculus; sacculus stout, sub-triangular, broader than valva; vinculum slightly broader than long, posterior margin with short triangular medial projections, medial incision deep and narrow, lateral projections short, hump-shaped, placed very close to sacculus; saccus narrow, far exceeding beyond the tip of pedunculus; phallus about as long as valva, gradually narrowed apically, with distinct lateral teeth on apex, basal projection narrow, not reaching the tip of phallus. Figures 47-52. Male genitalia of Aphanostola spp. 47 . Aphanostola kenyella sp. n., Kenya, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu (gen. slide 1497); 48. Aphanostola kruegeri sp. n., RSA, Pretoria (gen. slide 4/15); 49. Aphanostola alternella sp. n., HT, Kenya, Turi (gen. slide 307/14); 50. Aphanostola antennata sp. n., Namibia, Popa Falls (gen. slide 54/08); 51. Aphanostola rooiklipella sp. n., Namibia, Omatako (gen. slide 213/12); 52. Aphanostola centripunctella sp. n., Namibia, Brandberg (gen. slide 106/05). Female. Unknown. Etymology. The species name refers to the country of occurrence of the new species. Distribution. Kenya. Biology. Host plant unknown. The specimens from the type-series were collected in mid-August at 1850 m elevation.