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Pammene critica (
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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]
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]
Pammene critica | |
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Species: | P. critica
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Pammene critica (
Meyrick, 1905)
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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]
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]