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<taxonomicName id="26394555033C72FCD7B8E922AA1DCC49" ID-CoL="93DPB" LSID="http://zoobank.org/CF042B14-D95D-4369-BAE0-0713B53BC496" authority="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola acaciae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acaciae" status="sp. n.">Aphanostola acaciae Bidzilya &amp; Mey</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation id="5C2CE74EEE8548A539FA1D6AEE7C6888" captionStart="Figures 1–21" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 21. Adults of Aphanostola spp. (scale bar 1.0 mm) 1. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Brandberg (gen. slide 73 / 05); 2. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Mirabib (gen. slide 548 / 14); 3. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Kenya, Logumgum (gen. slide 1362); 4. Aphanostola pentastigma, HT, RSA, Pretoria; 5. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha; 6. Aphanostola morogorensis sp. n., HT, Tanzania, Morogoro Town; 7. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., RSA, Asante-Sana; 8. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., HT, RSA, Asante-Sana; 9. Aphanostola kenyella sp. n., Kenya, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu (gen. slide 1497); 10. Aphanostola kenyella sp. n., HT, Kenya, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu; 11. Aphanostola kruegeri sp. n., RSA, Pretoria (gen. slide 8 / 15); 12. Aphanostola alternella sp. n., HT, Kenya, Turi; 13. Aphanostola antennata sp. n., HT, Namibia, Popa Falls; 14. Aphanostola antennata sp. n., RSA, Nwanedzi (gen. slide 36 / 15); 15. Aphanostola antennata sp. n., Namibia, Kavango; 16. Aphanostola rooiklipella sp. n., HT, Namibia, Rooiklip Farm; 17. Aphanostola griseella sp. n., HT, Namibia, Grootfontein; 18. Aphanostola griseella sp. n., Kenya, Nakuru NP (gen. slide 596 / 14); 19. Aphanostola centripunctella sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi (gen. slide 76 / 05); 20. Aphanostola centripunctella sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi; 21. Aphanostola centripunctella sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi (gen. slide 155 / 15)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures1-21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78905" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Figs 1-3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="3FAAACA1F144B522D970C6FFBA68E692" captionStart="Figures 41–46" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 41 - 46. Male genitalia of Aphanostola spp. 41. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., HT, Namibia, 20 km NW Uis (gen. slide 101 / 05); 42. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Rooiklip Farm (gen. slide 496 / 14); 43. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha (gen. slide 1357); 44. Aphanostola morogorensis sp. n., HT Tanzania, Morogoro Town (gen. slide 2378); 45. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., HT, Namibia, Asante-Sana (gen. slide 184 / 12); 46. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., Namibia, Asante-Sana (582 / 14)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures41-46" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78908" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">, 41</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="4D08E46D90331CFC7E6E299E448D6BDD" captionStart="Figures 41–46" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 41 - 46. Male genitalia of Aphanostola spp. 41. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., HT, Namibia, 20 km NW Uis (gen. slide 101 / 05); 42. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Rooiklip Farm (gen. slide 496 / 14); 43. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha (gen. slide 1357); 44. Aphanostola morogorensis sp. n., HT Tanzania, Morogoro Town (gen. slide 2378); 45. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., HT, Namibia, Asante-Sana (gen. slide 184 / 12); 46. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., Namibia, Asante-Sana (582 / 14)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures41-46" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78908" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">, 42</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="A6DE175D2F8CA90F3675E970B0320A96" captionStart="Figures 65–67" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 65 - 67. Female genitalia of Aphanostola spp. 65. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Mirabib (gen. slide 548 / 14); 66. Aphanostola pentastigma, RSA, Pretoria (gen. slide 260 / 12); 67. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha (gen. slide 614 / 14)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures65-67" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78912" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">, 65</figureCitation>
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Genus 1, sp. 1. -
<bibRefCitation id="6D49A68106D1BC30DBF5A73029CF95C9" author="Bidzilya, O" journalOrPublisher="Esperiana Memoir" pageId="16" pageNumber="61" pagination="91 - 118" refId="B2" refString="Bidzilya, O, 2007. The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Part 2. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) (Plates 5-8). Esperiana Memoir 4: 91 - 118" title="The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Part 2. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) (Plates 5 - 8)." volume="4" year="2007">Bidzilya 2007</bibRefCitation>
: 94, figs 2, 5; pl. 5, figs 2, 3.
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<taxonomicName id="B601FBA0CD98406B0B2B9AEDD2185578" authority="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz, 2016" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="sp. n.">Aphanostola</taxonomicName>
sp. 1 -
<bibRefCitation id="00E5E6E6B167FE356968F4C771B6A682" author="Agassiz, DJL" pageId="16" pageNumber="61" refId="B1" refString="Agassiz, DJL, Bidzilya, O, 2016 in press. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. In: Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History." title="Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species." volumeTitle="Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History." year="2016">Agassiz and Bidzilya 2016</bibRefCitation>
(in press).
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<paragraph id="C3814301A8D846437EE487047768B73E" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Type material.</paragraph>
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Holotype ♂, [
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] 20 km NW Uis, LF, 27.ii.2002 (Turm) (Mey) (gen. slide 101/05, O. Bidzilya) (MfN). Paratypes: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Namibia, Brandberg, Ugab, LF (MEY), 30.xi.2000, LF (gen. slide 78/05♀; 224/12♂; 575/14♂, O. Bidzilya) 1 ♀, Namibia, 10 km W Brandberg, 28.ii.2002(Turm) (Mey) (gen. slide 73/05, O. Bidzilya); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Namibia, Omatako Ranch, LF, 22-23.iii.2003 (Mey) (gen. slide 501/14♂, O. Bidzilya); 1 ♂, Namibia, Mile 46,
<geoCoordinate id="536613E4929F2C5978016456BFAB2518" degrees="18" direction="south" minutes="18" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-18.3">18 18 S</geoCoordinate>
,
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, 24-26.iii.2003 (Mey); 2 ♂, Namibia, Erichsfelde,
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,
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, 19-21.iii.2003 (Mey) (gen. slide 164/15, O. Bidzilya); 2 ♀, Namibia, Waterberg NP, 21-22.xi.2000, LF (Mey); 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Namibia, Namutoni, Etosha Nat. Park, 14-16.xii.1993 (Mey &amp; Ebert); 1 ♀, Namibia, Etosha, Namutoni, 7.xi.1999 (Mey); 2 ♀, Namibia, Namutoni, Etosha NP, 23-25.xi.2000, LF (Mey) (gen. slide 152/15, O. Bidzilya); 1 ♂, Namibia, Okatjikona, Waterberg Nat. Park, 14-16.ii.2008, LF (Mey); 1 ♂, NAMIBIA-Exp., ZMB 1992, E. Caprivi, Katima Mulilo,
<geoCoordinate id="52055ABF27B36F255D3D3F12A2421FCD" degrees="17" direction="south" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-17.483334">17 29 S</geoCoordinate>
/
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, lux, 3-8.iii.92 (Mey); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Namibia, Naukluft, Tsams-Ost, 3.xii.08 (Ebert, Mey &amp; Kune); 4 ♀, Namibia, Mirabib, Central Namib, 27.i.2009, LF (Mey) (gen. slide 548/14, O. Bidzilya); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Namibia, Auas Mts., Windhoek, 1917 m, 25.i.2009 LF (Mey); 1 ♀, RSA, Transvaal, Nylsvley Nat. Res., 29.xi.2004, LF, Turm (Mey); 1 ♂, Namibia, Gamsberg, Rooiklip Farm, 10-11.ix.2012 (Mey) (gen. slide 496/14, O. Bidzilya); 4 ♀, Namibia, Rooisand, Gamsberg Pass, 20.i.2007, aut. Falle (Mey &amp; Ebert) (gen. slide 200/12; 201/12; 42/15, O. Bidzilya) (all MfN); 2 ♂, [Namibia] Gobabeb, Game Reserve No. 3, 12-17.iv.1967 (Potgieter) (gen. slide 57/15, O. Bidzilya); 3 ♂, S.W.Afr., Namib, Gobabeb,
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-
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, 3.x.1974: E-Y447, light trap (
<normalizedToken id="9D0DEC5B35BCDC8D8BAD38A6DC133F8B" originalValue="Endrödy-Younga">Endroedy-Younga</normalizedToken>
) (gen. slide 35/15, O. Bidzilya); 1 ♂, Abachaus, SWA, xii.1946 (Hobohm) (gen. slide 16/15, O. Bidzilya) (all TMSA); 1 ♂,
<emphasis id="C45D02E83C0C4072787999B6E8247A34" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">South Africa</emphasis>
, Kgalagadi, Transfrontier Park, Mata Mata, 950 m, 18.xii.2009, 25 15 403 S; 021 38 427 E (Wieser) (gen. slide 513/14, O. Bidzilya) (LMK); 1 ♀,
<emphasis id="60334A8BD0254DC948916537BAEACF31" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Zimbabwe</emphasis>
, 6-10.iv.1954 (Janse) (gen. slide 19/15, O. Bidzilya) (all TMSA); 1 ♂,
<emphasis id="8239AB5ACEAD38973346E0DB22976462" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Kenya</emphasis>
: Rift Valley, Logumgum 1000 m,
<geoCoordinate id="22CA27C562219F3DB0BE543E79238319" degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="27" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="0.45">0°27'N</geoCoordinate>
,
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, e.l.
<taxonomicName id="222EED0B73B4EA1AAD2A62574158CE76" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia tortilis" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tortilis">
<emphasis id="55A7D017352E620BB250DBFCEE8B6649" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Acacia tortilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, em. 1.ix.2007 (Agassiz) (gen. slide 1362, O. Bidzilya) (coll. Agassiz).
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<paragraph id="857E7616E83AFFC674C8E1E52AB92BA5" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The species is recognizable externally by the white or light grey forewing with a black dash at base of costa, two black dashes at base of fold and three distinct black spots in cell. The male genitalia differ from the rest of
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species in the very short uncus in combination with apically narrowed saccus, the long, strongly curved gnathos, the basal projection of the phallus broadened at apex and the presence of small cornuti in the vesica. The female genitalia can be recognized unmistakably by the shape of the antrum and by the broad ductus bursae bearing a lateral appendix.
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<paragraph id="14D82BD38FB5E7829B28BBE84ACDB952" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B36BA6F60A212C3F90D564826FEC61C7" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
Adult (Figs
<figureCitation id="9B17DFEA3F1BED46EA0CFB576B4E7E7F" captionStart="Figures 1–21" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 21. Adults of Aphanostola spp. (scale bar 1.0 mm) 1. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Brandberg (gen. slide 73 / 05); 2. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Mirabib (gen. slide 548 / 14); 3. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Kenya, Logumgum (gen. slide 1362); 4. Aphanostola pentastigma, HT, RSA, Pretoria; 5. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha; 6. Aphanostola morogorensis sp. n., HT, Tanzania, Morogoro Town; 7. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., RSA, Asante-Sana; 8. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., HT, RSA, Asante-Sana; 9. Aphanostola kenyella sp. n., Kenya, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu (gen. slide 1497); 10. Aphanostola kenyella sp. n., HT, Kenya, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu; 11. Aphanostola kruegeri sp. n., RSA, Pretoria (gen. slide 8 / 15); 12. Aphanostola alternella sp. n., HT, Kenya, Turi; 13. Aphanostola antennata sp. n., HT, Namibia, Popa Falls; 14. Aphanostola antennata sp. n., RSA, Nwanedzi (gen. slide 36 / 15); 15. Aphanostola antennata sp. n., Namibia, Kavango; 16. Aphanostola rooiklipella sp. n., HT, Namibia, Rooiklip Farm; 17. Aphanostola griseella sp. n., HT, Namibia, Grootfontein; 18. Aphanostola griseella sp. n., Kenya, Nakuru NP (gen. slide 596 / 14); 19. Aphanostola centripunctella sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi (gen. slide 76 / 05); 20. Aphanostola centripunctella sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi; 21. Aphanostola centripunctella sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi (gen. slide 155 / 15)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures1-21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78905" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">1-3</figureCitation>
). Wingspan 7.2-8.4 mm. Head, thorax and tegulae light grey to white; labial palpus up-curved, segment two black with white apex, segment three white with broad black ring in middle; antenna in male thicker than in female, scape brown with some white scales beneath, other segments brown with white rings. Forewing white to light grey, costal margin black from base to 1/3 length, single black scales sparsely scattered along costal and dorsal margins; two black dashes in fold, sometimes merging; two black spots at base of cell and one black spot in corner of cell; cilia white, black-tipped. Hindwing white to greyish white.
</paragraph>
<caption id="EEA4FD90D88E2D961E0A36CD205B2748" ID-Zenodo-Dep="976947" doi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures1-21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78905" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" start="Figures 1–21" startId="F1">
<paragraph id="1B74CC5FD1B1A777A0C533025D902D3F" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="BCD4D648985EEA5170BE60AE37C73C1E" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Figures 1-21.</emphasis>
Adults of
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<emphasis id="20D01643B989C5780E46CB9C06D9AF3F" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola</emphasis>
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spp. (scale bar 1.0 mm)
<emphasis id="AB7043EBB9A78137A9188A9AD6CE5125" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="61246ADF081588723753CCE60D4DFC09" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola acaciae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Brandberg (gen. slide 73/05);
<emphasis id="16E2771453E8F60B5CC7F62004CC18C2" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5BBC701A42CDA1D110DD9A694F8ABC52" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola acaciae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acaciae">
<emphasis id="8ED524F509F2B2AB54A682EF0CD12021" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola acaciae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Mirabib (gen. slide 548/14);
<emphasis id="FB98095CB2C5BF68CC303C26D84BCD4F" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B39DA5528D7FB00902B6F53F191294BF" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola acaciae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acaciae">
<emphasis id="789C16B7786600F12A8F91F76ECD111F" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola acaciae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, Logumgum (gen. slide 1362);
<emphasis id="8E953E7A4B445B86EB167C3726FE9AF5" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F518E63F39BA4ADD0430CB8171129368" baseAuthorityName="Janse" baseAuthorityYear="1960" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola pentastigma" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pentastigma">
<emphasis id="214EDAA313D08ADD29FF040796339AE0" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola pentastigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, HT, RSA, Pretoria;
<emphasis id="8B85D2AC8DE419E5D68D6F8A97101F20" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="CDCE793D63C326E78ABF59FB606764C5" baseAuthorityName="Janse" baseAuthorityYear="1960" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola pentastigma" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pentastigma">
<emphasis id="5AB09A1DD8BC12E2D03AE478D395F709" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola pentastigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Kenya, L. Naivasha;
<emphasis id="ABEB6ECE15FB329AEEE14CB8E9D7DEA5" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="361BC4142DB49B9368C0FD299AC000E2" authorityName="Bidzilya" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola morogorensis" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morogorensis">
<emphasis id="78822E1523B7661860C9B1FE297DADD5" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola morogorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Tanzania, Morogoro Town;
<emphasis id="060A5761196CA162923A5E7A1F03EBB1" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="AC90BA9E231C581FDCC66D7282EF48F1" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola calderae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calderae">
<emphasis id="53BFC5F106BFEBB06EACEAA75D9DA731" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola calderae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., RSA, Asante-Sana;
<emphasis id="BC8F0BCC91C4B07B278FD4B820F316BD" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B7E8FA1DCB749BF6FF54C573A01228A8" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola calderae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calderae">
<emphasis id="5E62705592BE00626FD90373A4F13BA5" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola calderae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, RSA, Asante-Sana;
<emphasis id="AC4B1A57161F60A871EA9A9CCD371AE2" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">9.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4357FA3EED3618475557097408FEAC66" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola kenyella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kenyella">
<emphasis id="143C1875DD8DE365A61C885C62EE91B3" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola kenyella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu (gen. slide 1497);
<emphasis id="717C44A18376A4E2541207847672535D" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">10.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A532E40A39C339DF0E194282A5B86A4D" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola kenyella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kenyella">
<emphasis id="09A30A003B7CABCAA0C95503C648199E" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola kenyella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Kenya, between Limuru and Mai Mahiu;
<emphasis id="32812F935F1CB992451613F46F18AD19" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">11.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C4360E48F862BBA41B8D62ABA8EC91BD" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola kruegeri" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kruegeri">
<emphasis id="34FFD4E4795AF63E7AEBD154880A86D2" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola kruegeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., RSA, Pretoria (gen. slide 8/15);
<emphasis id="19F0410F5599B863B65856F4C6C3B48B" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">12.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DC06D617CCF80B35E42813654D97F1F0" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola alternella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternella">
<emphasis id="D4857964E268BC95C1D8E0C2B3F43B5A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola alternella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Kenya, Turi;
<emphasis id="4E62FCE8562DEAFD94057366261AD535" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">13.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D59B89B4E5583A88C5A64222B7754D9A" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola antennata" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antennata">
<emphasis id="7DAF1C5683D311A8A052BE142B58B715" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola antennata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Namibia, Popa Falls;
<emphasis id="828529D791A8483AD924C8559F7B1DA3" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">14.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="04BA62C1AE38F29D0070BA86CECA5EC9" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola antennata" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antennata">
<emphasis id="782C22706D7F4D5682A850C285F6419F" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola antennata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., RSA, Nwanedzi (gen. slide 36/15);
<emphasis id="EC2946751154F8AEE8AE2A435CF11FB3" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">15.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5FB31C81AF371C92EB8260DB12A40374" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola antennata" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antennata">
<emphasis id="825F7901A64C8DBCE874A4620E8EB322" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola antennata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Kavango;
<emphasis id="8D6E5D82B12DB887FD4426E74E24D276" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">16.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F2FA89CF537ABFA18105AAA7A6B2286C" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola rooiklipella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rooiklipella">
<emphasis id="81B1017E2830540080E60DB6DB24F574" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola rooiklipella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Namibia, Rooiklip Farm;
<emphasis id="3F4617EF06A26E2A8989D7F85B45B009" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">17.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6664ADD132CEE3F36C01C67C543E2D99" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola griseella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="griseella">
<emphasis id="6D428CC47EAA6C28FED134476B27944C" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola griseella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Namibia, Grootfontein;
<emphasis id="D8DB027823915606D32F94EC2C21A71E" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">18.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E60041AFE554233FBFD17F7BCFFFABC5" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola griseella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="griseella">
<emphasis id="F5C491EC908D40EE49CBAAA4C8057863" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola griseella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, Nakuru NP (gen. slide 596/14);
<emphasis id="23B15BC7334AB5866B3BE6C444F2DD31" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">19.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A4FB40C78A27F19A6A474C0D58B2B959" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola centripunctella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="centripunctella">
<emphasis id="0987D414B415358DD224FAB4DED7B6D0" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola centripunctella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi (gen. slide 76/05);
<emphasis id="0876676BA5B5202E660CFC511484AB85" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">20.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7CEA0C25EF8591FD41A822D0ACC808C1" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola centripunctella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="centripunctella">
<emphasis id="5801798B6ABEA0DBD58D0EAFAC2732F7" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola centripunctella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi;
<emphasis id="84E1311EFAFEFB255E2E808C91C7B670" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">21.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E074F544B9581B5C47E5A3CB678E8070" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola centripunctella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="centripunctella">
<emphasis id="645EAE2B086C8E54529FAAAFDD07AECD" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola centripunctella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, E. Caprivi (gen. slide 155/15).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8715E31C485214D65D0F1FE730F47BA2" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Variation. Ground colour of forewing varies from white to light grey.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8AE0C9DF17B77ACD41AD3DEEBAF9CA64" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
Male genitalia (Figs
<figureCitation id="743A8750F948EC605CC5DF4B109D39AE" captionStart="Figures 41–46" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 41 - 46. Male genitalia of Aphanostola spp. 41. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., HT, Namibia, 20 km NW Uis (gen. slide 101 / 05); 42. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Rooiklip Farm (gen. slide 496 / 14); 43. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha (gen. slide 1357); 44. Aphanostola morogorensis sp. n., HT Tanzania, Morogoro Town (gen. slide 2378); 45. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., HT, Namibia, Asante-Sana (gen. slide 184 / 12); 46. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., Namibia, Asante-Sana (582 / 14)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures41-46" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78908" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">41</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="C1EBCF95E9C15B10CF7F9BDBFEE32EA4" captionStart="Figures 41–46" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 41 - 46. Male genitalia of Aphanostola spp. 41. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., HT, Namibia, 20 km NW Uis (gen. slide 101 / 05); 42. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Rooiklip Farm (gen. slide 496 / 14); 43. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha (gen. slide 1357); 44. Aphanostola morogorensis sp. n., HT Tanzania, Morogoro Town (gen. slide 2378); 45. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., HT, Namibia, Asante-Sana (gen. slide 184 / 12); 46. Aphanostola calderae sp. n., Namibia, Asante-Sana (582 / 14)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures41-46" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78908" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">42</figureCitation>
). Uncus very short, posterior margin weakly emarginated, covered with strong setae; gnathos long, curved by nearly right angle in middle; tegumen broad, with deep and broad anterior emargination; valva weakly narrowed in middle, apical half distinctly inflated, teeth on inner margin indistinct; sacculus narrow, thorn-shaped; vinculum moderately broad with short projections on posterior margin, medial postero-medial incision narrow; saccus broad at base, narrow distally, apex abruptly cut or rounded, exceeding far beyond apex of pedunculus; phallus wide, apex with group of 3-8 very small cornuti and three lateral teeth, basal projection slightly shorter than length of phallus, its apex weakly widened.
</paragraph>
<caption id="BF6751933C92D76CBD033CBA4AC9394A" ID-Zenodo-Dep="976957" doi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures22-39" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78906" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" start="Figures 22–39" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="90DF7891C538D14FEEC5FCD6FFE398A7" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="99191B9B8382DBF6698AAE1B925360E6" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Figures 22-39.</emphasis>
Adults of
<taxonomicName id="8783EE4D9F00A117D1AEE2A6000B9842" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2569B57869946D0B20E387128A7828A1" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. (scale bar 1.0 mm)
<emphasis id="D57F2469C217D63BF84B4E2D8A929D6A" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">22.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="81722C04E26906E63BA6A1B817A40D51" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola joannoui" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="joannoui">
<emphasis id="3D4AE83C6C3262F7CF2BE261452FA672" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola joannoui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, RSA, Hongonyi Lodge;
<emphasis id="322C17DD58D8376F20F5283A99FC41A9" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">23.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="66A66142AF81CD848EB0EB57DFA7B281" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola joannoui" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="joannoui">
<emphasis id="9D75E42C151893B34F4FBF0F670B67A3" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola joannoui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., RSA, Hongonyi Lodge (209/12);
<emphasis id="BB6423BDEA93C48A6DDCF6B70BE69573" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">24.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E1DEAA76221F6A69214EE9F5B7B3ECAC" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola namibiensis" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="namibiensis">
<emphasis id="DADA6DA984F37B90699DF5F00FA4D08B" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola namibiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Namibia, Brandberg;
<emphasis id="7453F84228CE3D8DE112087E79B17D40" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">25.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="315C886819D780AFB6F85F39F4E9407B" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola namibiensis" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="namibiensis">
<emphasis id="230A15124A9E0BC6A4DD8AC78DBA2E80" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola namibiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Auas Mts.;
<emphasis id="EF6A26C67AD8E3D38C79A31EE0C89B4C" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">26.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="717C963C44A6E5F813EB2C64387A957C" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola brandbergensis" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brandbergensis">
<emphasis id="33B58FA35546DC993C2E2E8544C23508" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola brandbergensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Brandberg (gen. slide 74/05);
<emphasis id="E4C47BDC200612FD6163FAA79054EB1A" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">27.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6C0104A1853FBF77EB5BF0A07821DF04" authorityName="Bidzilya" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola aarviki" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aarviki">
<emphasis id="E2DA0874F5BDE802F57B9F224AB26BB0" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola aarviki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Tanzania, Morogoro Town;
<emphasis id="0B6D878A70EE2774C86A148F615A1689" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">28.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5F05529F44A6CB2E52DFA502FFA13268" authorityName="Bidzilya, Agassiz &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola africanella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanella">
<emphasis id="5110E2AFECCB1B9D19790D37CD718FB0" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola africanella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Mt. Etjo (gen. slide 597/14);
<emphasis id="88510FB01854E35A76F1CFB185C2B060" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">29.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="54CC04727272DEAF5F053CFBCA55570A" authorityName="Bidzilya, Agassiz &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola africanella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanella">
<emphasis id="E803674AE0997AF185F723BCE197E196" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola africanella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, E. Etosha (gen. slide 151/15);
<emphasis id="E1D82FC9B301FBFC17E386E4F4F74D85" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">30.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D220704A9D52EDEC3D30DCFD5DF879E4" authorityName="Bidzilya, Agassiz &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola africanella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanella">
<emphasis id="2B5887C0B17EEC60BB50B18B1E838C6A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola africanella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, Baringo;
<emphasis id="6B8838A383C67B1565B5C6BC5F214B55" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">31.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="34D857E3DBA7BDF2B7358C874235538B" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola emarginata" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="emarginata">
<emphasis id="AE9DD68DECE5B457963D1F9155F490F2" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola emarginata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, RSA, Mkuzi;
<emphasis id="8925F9B8CF59287843BF5A599A30EED1" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">32.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="18BAED403257C0968D5763F54AA2BCCC" authorityName="Bidzilya, Agassiz &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola melliferae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melliferae">
<emphasis id="36F915710B0713851F64D1C3C7ADE520" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola melliferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, L. Bogoria (gen. slide 143/15);
<emphasis id="FD27FD3901D741E93D64866BAE396D83" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">33.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7CEA1005C63677747B9819B22B31636D" authorityName="Bidzilya, Agassiz &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola melliferae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melliferae">
<emphasis id="2BB340BA3AB076377A524C426BD1C4BE" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola melliferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Kenya, L. Bogoria;
<emphasis id="B2866709F610604191A6A4CE00CD5E63" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">34.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="307908326A8625BD0F787DBD394A0DAD" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola maxima" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maxima">
<emphasis id="FCD2CE153C4F242685CE794B50FD85DF" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola maxima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Ethiopia, Tana-See;
<emphasis id="162F962994ED8A339A237652A15C061C" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">35.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="40DEC24B0D8F89C5AB9BE58ACE08A082" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola maxima" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maxima">
<emphasis id="1366ECAE33FE69432FADB7E0954CA0C4" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola maxima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Ethiopia, Tana-See;
<emphasis id="20A85F5389921E31EC8E6BA562CBEF6D" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">36.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C15E981F1A45D03C36FBC5BE7856E9C6" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola longicornuta" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornuta">
<emphasis id="3342F3996854C163D6836E3333D4001E" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola longicornuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, L. Bogoria (gen. slide 577/14);
<emphasis id="A4A4B6CEF5146E530E21D97640C14592" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">37.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="46B400BC246BF48BFD8DBA490FE304C0" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola longicornuta" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornuta">
<emphasis id="F22FD2CE9A1CA9C553FEB657BA391BE7" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola longicornuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, Kakamega Forest (gen. slide 590/14);
<emphasis id="53A6E6BEE2DCA254F0A8872C896373EF" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">38.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DE81194F1AC74ACB388808E4C4260CBE" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola longicornuta" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornuta">
<emphasis id="0CE34A38FF485CE172A45EBBFC6CD645" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola longicornuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Kenya, Kakamega Forest;
<emphasis id="2DE6FE61BD0AB4E9B9114AE86674A360" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">39.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="1E44D7F1C94001328CB53CEE74F2B6B3" authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1931" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola atripalpis" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atripalpis">
<emphasis id="EE4BE18EF1C3E5F6A252E36306C18F1E" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola atripalpis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, PT, India, Pusa (gen. slide 411/14).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B1E51B0C10EFAB40B6B837FBE0D76861" ID-Zenodo-Dep="976959" doi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78907" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 40" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="BF15FE1326842B0F7FAE709FAB1ACAF9" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="21FAE09FAB03000B8D6ED72AFC4D5809" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Figure 40.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DA5FF73A281D8BB00389DD2A7C4D9977" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0CC463A1045A59471BBF03ABCE922A46" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. Male (
<emphasis id="4647223EEAF6C6D45B9D36222E0F4224" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">a</emphasis>
) and female (
<emphasis id="F69463EEEB01B087FB432EED938AD61B" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">b</emphasis>
) genitalia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="F8885D42FB811DA8520E1502680F05A1" ID-Zenodo-Dep="976961" doi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures41-46" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78908" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" start="Figures 41–46" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="27048445A6AF174B346FCAC0DCABE3AB" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="1F3B1D124781C2AFC2937BBF0FC656A7" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Figures 41-46.</emphasis>
Male genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="F8E92623F770DBF905628DAB27D8F707" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1909476441404786B2C646995A8A8B10" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.
<emphasis id="BC7205FE05B208EE5929E2AB6360E175" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">41.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E1AFEF37A1A8BC5E3FA76731CDF19EDA" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola acaciae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acaciae">
<emphasis id="16E6A7CC8A9673C22C515F565717B544" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola acaciae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Namibia, 20 km NW Uis (gen. slide 101/05);
<emphasis id="D0D9A4C2563D556C0DBB259C2BECBC13" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">42.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B5483E005C513E77DD5702958F69119C" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey &amp; Agassiz" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola acaciae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acaciae">
<emphasis id="C267F82A94B73A7CBD9B3CFBA7A882CA" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola acaciae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Rooiklip Farm (gen. slide 496/14);
<emphasis id="9E4201AE8714B79176834D82036D4A4B" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">43.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="88E5AC59D4278650FB5E2A64E08FF465" baseAuthorityName="Janse" baseAuthorityYear="1960" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola pentastigma" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pentastigma">
<emphasis id="BA8E2E3C3BD6728FF17103199D98826F" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola pentastigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Kenya, L. Naivasha (gen. slide 1357);
<emphasis id="82816B454341635811981F0F7C6E98E9" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">44.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="AD17E30DC67C7AECC659A7279756D450" authorityName="Bidzilya" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola morogorensis" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morogorensis">
<emphasis id="DB6F82766E4B2C35DBD11D2D027EC548" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola morogorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT Tanzania, Morogoro Town (gen. slide 2378);
<emphasis id="6C1EC9614BE66F0EB6D93FCF0AA6B17D" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">45.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="9917B2D76C45124B318DFD126918F2F3" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola calderae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calderae">
<emphasis id="9B12B50F4E1BEA242757EE79BAF7CB1E" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola calderae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., HT, Namibia, Asante-Sana (gen. slide 184/12);
<emphasis id="BDD9012B81DBD63896316EC1A8C13502" bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">46.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="9052BC0A45D74C130EE6F7B3EB47FBFC" authorityName="Bidzilya &amp; Mey" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Aphanostola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanostola calderae" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calderae">
<emphasis id="32515D1BFFB51B0016E95BEC53A1C133" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Aphanostola calderae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. n., Namibia, Asante-Sana (582/14).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="6AE410B7007FD61B80F13A7B8FF56D26" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Variation. Uncus sometimes reduced to short, paired hump.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4FA6D48071F9E825B5BCB05DB70203EB" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
Female genitalia (Fig.
<figureCitation id="49626160F84D887682F589ECC87C4941" captionStart="Figures 65–67" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 65 - 67. Female genitalia of Aphanostola spp. 65. Aphanostola acaciae sp. n., Namibia, Mirabib (gen. slide 548 / 14); 66. Aphanostola pentastigma, RSA, Pretoria (gen. slide 260 / 12); 67. Aphanostola pentastigma, Kenya, L. Naivasha (gen. slide 614 / 14)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.63.7556.figures65-67" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/78912" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">65</figureCitation>
). Segment VIII weakly sclerotized, distinctly shorter than apophyses anteriores; antrum broad, rounded; left side with a few teeth; sub-ostial sclerite narrow, prolonged with outwardly curved apex; ductus bursae of moderate width in basal 1/3, then very wide with indistinct transition to prolonged corpus bursae, short lateral appendix at 1/3 length; signum absent.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CBEC34315630FED4997A2E8DF9937452" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="93639C3392D5B51BC49D10C2BAAF9E24" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B08D485F84A58ECF258DB916CFBC5A17" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
The specific epithet refers to the hostplant,
<taxonomicName id="C1CEF06FE1DD7EAC2AF0D2D48ADE9BB0" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia tortilis" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tortilis">
<emphasis id="C7F324F21B9E0CD7A07F0173701D758C" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Acacia tortilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, of the new species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AE724F1030A98CD8457E41288E86500C" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="DD8C4983085E0A32FA76DEEBDF9DB17C" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D60A8192F0BA9F8F3AC9E37567200CCB" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D31D68FE6032E68844CAB90607E595A2" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" type="biology">
<paragraph id="E149CF1B4AF411BAF58255A9AEE23C8B" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="627A2E153D0920A135286688DE4BCD04" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">
The larva feeds on
<taxonomicName id="0988F034D66DC232B1D37471A584E1AA" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia tortilis" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tortilis">
<emphasis id="42144F889679355D31C18116F3DCA0C5" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="49">Acacia tortilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Forssk.) Hayne (
<taxonomicName id="3A3078154B28327425EC88AE5A494C5D" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
) in Kenya (
<bibRefCitation id="26E573CFE7AA917684951604A0A6D5B5" author="Agassiz, DJL" pageId="16" pageNumber="61" refId="B1" refString="Agassiz, DJL, Bidzilya, O, 2016 in press. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. In: Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History." title="Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species." volumeTitle="Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History." year="2016">Agassiz and Bidzilya 2016</bibRefCitation>
in press). Adults were collected from late August to early June.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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