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Prophyllocnistis epidrimys

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Prophyllocnistis epidrimys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Prophyllocnistis
Species:
P. epidrimys
Binomial name
Prophyllocnistis epidrimys
Davis, 1994
Synonyms
  • Prophyllocnistis epidrymis Vargas & 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.

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