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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Ephysteris |
| Species: | E. promptella
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| Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859)[1]
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The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[3] Adults are greyish brown.[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]
References
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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". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ^ "Ephysteris promptella". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Archived from the original on 2010-08-29.