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The pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella; Spanish: lagarta rosada) is an insect known for being a pest in cotton farming. The adult is a small, thin, gray moth with fringed wings. The larva is a dull white caterpillar with eight pairs of legs [1] with conspicuous pink banding along its dorsum. The larva reaches one half inch in length.
Since it is polyphagous (feeds on many different plants) during the larval stage, the species has been given many different common names, including the cotton bollworm and the tomato fruitworm. It also consumes a wide variety of other crops. [2] The species is widely distributed across the Americas with the exception of northern Canada and Alaska.
Pectinophora scutigera, the Queensland pink bollworm or pinkspotted bollworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Holdaway in 1926 from Australia, where it occurs in coastal and central Queensland. It has also been recorded from Hawaii, New Guinea, Micronesia and New Caledonia. [1]
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The cotton bollworm is very variable in both size and colour. The body length varies between 12 and 20 millimetres (1 ⁄ 2 and 3 ⁄ 4 in) with a wingspan of 30–40 millimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). The fore wings are yellowish to orange in females and greenish-gray in males, with a slightly darker transversal band in the distal ...
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Full-grown larvae are 13–18 mm long and their wingspan is generally about 24–28 mm. It can be confused with the cream-bordered green pea (Earias clorana) or the spiny bollworm (Earias biplaga). [1] Pupation takes place in a felt-like cocoon, which is attached to dry leaves of the food plant or to plant debris on the ground.
Cotton bollworms are a significant pest of cotton. [1] " A major pest in hot countries of irrigated crops. Enters into a summer diapause when irrigated crops are not present and the soil and air temperatures are high.