Coryphodema tristis

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{{Taxobox

| image = Coryphodema tristis female dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Female, dorsal view

| image2 = Coryphodema tristis male dorsal.jpg

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| image2_caption = Male, dorsal view

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Cossidae

| genus = Coryphodema

| genus_authority = Felder, 1874

| species = C. tristis

| binomial = Coryphodema tristis

| binomial_authority = (Drury, 1782){{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |date=2017 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CORYTRIS |title=Coryphodema tristis (Drury, 1782) |website=Afromoths |access-date=November 18, 2017}}

| synonyms =

• Coryphodema capensis Felder, 1874
• Coryphodema punctulata (Walker, 1856)
• Phalaena (Noctua) tristis Drury, 1782
• Coryphodema capensis Felder, 1874
• Brachionycha punctulata Walker, 1856
• Cossus seineri Grünberg, 1910
• Cossus streineri Dalla Torre, 1923

}}

Coryphodema tristis, the quince borer, sad goat or apple-trunk borer, is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Botswana and South Africa.

Image:Coryphodema tristis female ventral.jpg

The wingspan is about 38 mm.

The larvae bore into the trunk of a wide range of plant, including species from the Combretaceae, Malvaceae, Myoporaceae, Rosaceae, Scorphulariaceae,

Ulmaceae and Vitaceae.{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/al019e/al019e00.pdf |title=Overview Of Forest Pests South Africa |format=PDF |date= |access-date=2011-12-19}} Some important hosts include Buddleja madagascariensis, Combretum, Malus and quince species. It has also been found feeding on Eucalyptus nitens.{{cite journal|last1=Gebeyehu|first1=Solomon|last2=Hurley|first2=Brett P.|last3=Wingfield|first3=Michael J.|date=2005|title=A new Lepidopteran pest discovered on commercially grown Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa|journal=South African Journal of Science|volume=101|pages=26–28|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235651418_A_new_lepidopteran_insect_pest_discovered_on_commercially_grown_Eucalyptus_nitens_in_South_Africa}}