Aproaerema modicella ( Deventer, 1904 )

D, Nandhini, R, Shashank P., Joshi, Rahul & Reddy, Karthik M., 2024, A catalogue of Indian Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), Zootaxa 5420 (1), pp. 1-121 : 23

2. Aproaerema modicella ( Deventer, 1904)

= Xystophora modicella Deventer, 1904: 4 ; TL: Indonesia, Java (Syntypes) ( RMNH) .

= Anacampsis nerteria Meyrick, 1906: 139 ; TL: Sri Lanka [Ceylon], Maskeliya (Syntypes) ( NHMUK) .

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. Elsewhere : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda and Vietnam ( CABI 2022a).

Illustrations: Larva, pupa and adult (Walt et al. 2008; Buthelezi et al. 2021; Edde 2021a).

Hosts: Arachis hypogaea , Cajanus cajan , Glycine max , Glycine soja , Indigofera hirsuta , Lablab purpureus , Medicago sativa , Psoralea corylifolia , Rhynchosia minima , Teramnus labialis , Vigna mungo , V. radiata , V. umbellata ( Fabaceae ); Spermacoce articularis ( Rubiaceae ) (Robinson et al. 2023).

Natural enemies: Parasitoids: Goniozus sp. , G. stomopterycis , Perisierola sp. ( Bethylidae ); Apanteles sp. , A. javensis , A. singaporensis , A. littae , Avga choaspes , A. nixoni , Bracon sp. , B. brevicornis , B. gelechiae , B. hebetor , Chelonus blackburni , C. curvimavulatus , Phanerotoma sp. ( Braconidae ); Aphanogmus fijiensis , Ceraphron sp. ( Ceraphronidae ); Brachymeria sp. , B. lasus , B. minuta , B. plutellophaga , Eucepsis sp. ( Chalcididae ); Elasmus anticles , E.brevicornis , E.luteus ( Elasmidae ); Capidosoma sp.( Encyrtidae ); Euryscotolynx coimbatorensis , Oomyzus sp. , Pediobius sp. , Stenomesioideus ashmeadi , Stenomesius sp. , S. japonicus , Sympiesis sp. , S. dolichogaster , S. indica , Tetrastichus sp. ( Eulophidae ); Eupelmus sp. , E. anpingensis ( Eupelmidae ); Eurytoma sp. , Plutarchia girauli ( Eurytomidae ); Temelucha sp. ( Ichneumonidae ); Dibrachys sp. , Habrocytus sp. , Pteromalus sp. ( Pteromalidae ); Trichogramma sp. ( Trichogrammatidae ) (Shanower et al. 1992).

Remark: Recently, Bippus (2020) reinstated Bilobata subsecivella (Zeller, 1852) as a valid species and he also discussed about considering Aproaerema modicella ( Deventer, 1904) as junior synonym of B. subsecivella . However, this synonymizing needs thorough investigation of type specimens to come to definite conclusion. In this catalogue, we are considering this species as a valid species.

Genus Idiophantis Meyrick, 1904: 298 ; TS: Idiophantis habrias Meyrick, 1904

= Colobodes Meyrick, 1904: 297 ; TS: Colobodes insomnis Meyrick, 1904 .