Genus Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908 .

Xyroptila masaia Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006

Xyroptila masaia Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2006: 257 . (Type locality: Kenya).

Material examined: 1 ♀ 20 km N Thazima Gate, 07.01.2009; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ Chimaliro Forest, 14.01.2009, Kovtunovich V. & Ustjuzhanin P.; 2 ♂ Nyika N.P., 30– 31.12.2011, Kovtunovich V. Distribution: Kenya (Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin 2006), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi. Notes. New for Malawi.