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Pink Bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

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About

A small dark moth whose pink-tinged larvae bore into cotton bolls and damage the fibers and seeds. It has been one of the most economically important cotton pests globally.

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Did You Know?

A massive sterile insect technique program successfully eradicated it from the southwestern United States by 2018.