Pammene critica

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 criticaMeyrick, 1905 Eucosma ludicraMeyrick, 1912 Eucosma pseudomorphaMeyrick, 1916 Eucosma trichocrossaMeyrick, 1916

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]}

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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 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.

External links

• https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20173068080