Aphanostola pentastigma (Janse, 1960)
| FAMILY | Gelechiidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Anomologinae |
| GENUS | Aphanostola |
| SPECIES | pentastigma |
| AUTHOR | (Janse, 1960) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Lanceopenna pentastigma, spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Pretoria, 28.viii.1937, leg. L. Vári. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 8394♂, type no. 3684, TMSA; Allotype ♀, TMSA; Paratypes 3♂, 4♀, genitalia slides 8781♂, Bidzilya 254/12♂, 260/12♀, TMSA. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Aphanostola by O. V. Bidzilya et al. (2016: 50). |
| PUBLICATION | Janse A. J. T. 1960. The Moths of South Africa. VI. Gelechiadae. - — 6(2):145-240, pls 33-129. |
| PAGINATION | 216-217; pls. 105, 109f, 118h, i, 121e |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Bidzilya O. V., Mey W. & Agassiz D. J. L. 2016. Review of the genus Aphanostola Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Anomologinae) with description of 19 new species from the Afrotropical region. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(1):45-74. | 52 | |
| South Africa | Gauteng | Janse A. J. T. 1960. The Moths of South Africa. VI. Gelechiadae. - — 6(2):145-240, pls 33-129. | 217 |
| Zimbabwe | Janse A. J. T. 1960. The Moths of South Africa. VI. Gelechiadae. - — 6(2):145-240, pls 33-129. | 217 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Acacia xanthophloea | Kenya | Bidzilya O. V., Mey W. & Agassiz D. J. L. 2016. Review of the genus Aphanostola Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Anomologinae) with description of 19 new species from the Afrotropical region. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(1):45-74. | 52 |
| Fabaceae | Acacia sp. | South Africa | Bidzilya O. V., Mey W. & Agassiz D. J. L. 2016. Review of the genus Aphanostola Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Anomologinae) with description of 19 new species from the Afrotropical region. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(1):45-74. | 52 |
| Fabaceae | Acacia senegal | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. - Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 6:116-145. | 138 |
