Pammene critica

Pammene critica, the redgram webber or leaf webber, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Pammene critica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Pammene
Species:
P. critica
Binomial name
Pammene critica
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Eucelis critica Meyrick, 1905
  • Eucosma ludicra Meyrick, 1912
  • Eucosma pseudomorpha Meyrick, 1916
  • Eucosma trichocrossa Meyrick, 1916

Biology

The caterpillar is a pale whitish yellow with more yellowish towards its posterior.[4] In the vegetative stage, the caterpillar webs the leaves of the host plant together and feeds inside the web.[5] Apanteles mohandasi is a specific endo-parasitoid on caterpillars.[6]

Larval food plants are Sorghum, Caesalpinia, shoots and seeds of Cajanus cajan and pods of Crotalaria juncea.[7][8]

Known predators
  • Apanteles mohandasi
  • Apanteles sauros
  • Apanteles taragamae
  • Temelucha minuta
  • Elasmus albopictus
  • Elasmus anticles
  • Pediobius cydiae
  • Eurytoma sp.
  • Protapanteles obliquae
  • Goniozus sp.
  • Pristomerus microdon
  • Copidosoma
  • Dolichogenidea molgandasi

References
  1. "Species Details: Pammene critica Meyrick, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "Acanthoclita". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. "Pammene critica (Meyrick)". Insects in Indian Agroecosystems. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  5. "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Apanteles mohandasi Sumodan & Narendran (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Solitary Endoparasitoid of Pammene critica Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with Notes on Biology from India". Entomological News. 122 (4): 354–365. September 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  6. "Seasonal incidence and natural parasitization of leaf webber, Pammene critica Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on pigeonpea". Environment and Ecology. 35 (1): 128-133 ref.15. 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  7. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  8. "The Natural History Museum". HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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