Prophyllocnistis epidrimys

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Prophyllocnistis epidrimys
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P. epidrimys
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Prophyllocnistis epidrimys
Davis, 1994
Synonyms
  • Prophyllocnistis epidrymisVargas & Parra, 2005

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. The mine has the form of an elongate, tortuous, upper surface, serpentine mine, with a dark brown median frass line. The larva webs together the terminal leaves of, thereby creating a nest inside of which it skeletonizes the foliage. Pupation occurs during late summer within a dark brown, loosely woven cocoon inside the leaf nest.

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