Ephysteris promptella
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | E. promptella
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| Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859)[1]
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Ephysteris promptella, the ratoon shootborer, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is a pantropical species, found in the warmer parts of the Old World tropics to Australia . It is widely distributed in southern Europe (ranging to Slovakia in the north).[2]
The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[3] Adults are greyish brown. Males are smaller and have black dots, while females have white flecks.[4]
The larvae feed on Andropogon, Oryza, Panicum, Saccharum officinarum, Sorghum, Stipa, Triticum and Zea mays. They bore the shoots of their host plant.[5] Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 5 mm.[6] Pupation takes place in a cocoon covered in frass which is made in debris on the soil surface.
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- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ↑ lepiforum.de
- ↑ Australian Insects
- ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/ephysteris/promptella/promptella.htm.
- ↑ "Ephysteris promptella". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/gele/prompt.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q13578057 entry
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