Prophyllocnistis epidrimys
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Prophyllocnistis |
Species: | P. epidrimys
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Binomial name | |
Prophyllocnistis epidrimys Davis, 1994
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Prophyllocnistis epidrimys is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Chile.[1]
Adults are on wing in March in one generation.
The larvae feed on Drimys winteri, Drimys winteri andina and Drimys winteri chiliensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.