''Cyphoryctis xylodoma'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus ''Cyphoryctis''. The species and genus both were described by Edward Meyrick in 1934 and are found in

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

.Afro Moths
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Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Xyloryctidae-stub