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Pectinophora
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Pectinophora

Pectinophora is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. Perhaps the best known species is the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders). P. gossypiella is one of the world's most destructive insect pests that causes terrible damage to cotton bolls. The larvae (caterpillars) bore into the squares, causing them to fall or the blossoms to fail to open. The larvae tunnel through the immature lint and into the seeds eating them. As a result the lint...

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pectinophora gossypiella

speciesPectinophora gossypiella

Pectinophora endema

speciesPectinophora endema

Pectinophora scutigera

speciesPectinophora scutigera

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 477944.