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).

[4] The larvae feed on Andropogon, Oryza, Panicum, Saccharum officinarum, Sorghum, Stipa, Triticum and Zea mays.

This article on a moth of the tribe Gnorimoschemini is a stub.