Pammene critica explained

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Details: Pammene critica Meyrick, 1905 . Catalogue of Life . 29 June 2018.
2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . Academia.
3. Web site: Acanthoclita . Tortricid.net . 29 June 2018.
4. Web site: Pammene critica (Meyrick) . Insects in Indian Agroecosystems . ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources . 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 . 29 June 2018.
6. Seasonal incidence and natural parasitization of leaf webber, Pammene critica Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on pigeonpea. . Environment and Ecology . 2017 . 35 . 1 . 128–133 ref.15 . 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 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
8. Web site: The Natural History Museum . HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. 28 June 2018.