Biology:Pammene critica

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Short description: Species of moth

Pammene critica
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Scientific classification
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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.[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". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/7113d85af188caaed2930732d18f66e6. 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. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57. 
  3. "Acanthoclita". http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueSpeciesList.asp?gcode=4. Retrieved 29 June 2018. 
  4. "Pammene critica (Meyrick)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Pammene-critica.php. 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274668078_Morphological_and_Molecular_Characterization_of_Apanteles_mohandasi_Sumodan_Narendran_Hymenoptera_Braconidae_a_Solitary_Endoparasitoid_of_Pammene_critica_Meyrick_Lepidoptera_Tortricidae_with_Notes_on_. 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. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20173068080. 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. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149137. 
  8. "The Natural History Museum". HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?beginIndex=135510&searchPageURL=list%2Edsml%253Findex%2Edsml%253Dstarts%252Bwith%25253d%25253dstarts%252Bwith%25253d%25253dstarts%252Bwith%25253dpharmacis%25253dstarts%252Bwith%25253d%25253dstarts%252Bwith%25253dfusconebulosa%25253dstarts%252Bwith%25253d%25253d%25253dFamily%3FbeginIndex%3D135480. Retrieved 28 June 2018. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13993475 entry