X. mossambica Gribodo, 1894 Xylocopa caffra is a species of Afrotropical carpenter bee that ranges from west to central and southern Africa, besides Madagascar and some Indian Ocean archipelagos.

[5] The species is at home in various habitat types, from moist coastal settings to dry savannah.

The females are solitary nesters in Aloe or Agave stems, tree branches or timber.

[2][3] The mites feed on nest fungi that may otherwise infest the nectar and pollen provisions of the larvae.

[2] They are parasitized by various biota including Anthrax, Coelopencyrtus, Dinogamasus, Hyperechia, Physocephala, Sennertia and Synhoria.