Prophyllocnistis epidrimys
| Prophyllocnistis epidrimys | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Prophyllocnistis |
| Species: | P. epidrimys |
| 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.