Ephysteris promptella, Crete - photo © K. Bormpoudaki
Ephysteris promptella
MOTH INFO
Ephysteris promptella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Ephysteris promptella
Gelechia (Lita) promptella (Staudinger, 1859)
Tinea despectella (Walker, 1863)
Gelechia petiginella (Mann, 1867)
Doryphora parvula (Staudinger, 1879)
Aristotelia cacomicra (Walsingham, 1908)
Ephysteris chersaea (Meyrick, 1908)
Ephysteris oschophora (Meyrick, 1910)
Phthorimaea dispensata (Meyrick, 1921)
Phthorimaea fanatica (Meyrick, 1921)
Metzneria xanthorhabda (Gozmány, 1951)
Common name
Ratoon shootborer
Classification
Superfamily: Gelechioidea > Family: Gelechiidae > Subfamily: Gelechiinae > Tribus: Gnorimoschemini > Genus: Ephysteris
Wingspan
8-10 mm
Habitat
Warm areas with crops and fields where the larval food plants exist.
Food plant
The larva is oligophagous on Poaceae (Andropogon, Oryza, Panicum, Saccharum officinarum, Sorghum, Stipa, Triticum, Zea mays) and bores into the stems.
Flight period*
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
*based on a few observations on the island
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