Ephysteris promptella explained

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).[1]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[2] Adults are greyish brown.[3]

The larvae feed on Andropogon, Oryza, Panicum, Saccharum officinarum, Sorghum, Stipa, Triticum and Zea mays. They bore the shoots of their host plant.[4] Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 5 mm.[5]

Notes and References

  1. 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
  2. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Ephysteris_promptella lepiforum.de
  3. Web site: Australian Insects . 2013-10-28 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200816/http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/gele/prompt.html . dead .
  4. Web site: bladmineerders.nl . 2013-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204622/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/ephysteris/promptella/promptella.htm . 2013-10-29 . dead .
  5. Web site: Ephysteris promptella . lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100829160843/http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/gele/prompt.html . 2010-08-29.

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