Cyphoryctis xylodoma

Cyphoryctis xylodoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cyphoryctis
Meyrick, 1934
Species: C. xylodoma
Binomial name
Cyphoryctis xylodoma
Meyrick, 1934

Cyphoryctis xylodoma is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family, and the only species in the genus Cyphoryctis. It was described by Meyrick in 1934 and is found in Tanzania.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are rather light rufous-brownish with the extreme costal edge yellow-whitish anteriorly, becoming dark fuscous posteriorly. The second discal stigma is minute and dark brown and there are blackish terminal dots becoming minute towards the tornus. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

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