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Gelechia gossypiella

DEFINITIONS OF: Gelechia gossypiella

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n small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton

Type of:
gelechiid, gelechiid moth
small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests

n larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls

Synonyms:
pink bollworm
Type of:
bollworm
any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
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