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Species of moth

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

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. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Biology

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

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

Known predators

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

Taxon identifiers
Pammene critica


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