Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pectinophora gossypiella - Pink Boll Worm Moth
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- Drepassaria gossypiella Saunders, [1844]. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3): 284. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen3184143roya/page/285/mode/1up?view=theater
- Ahmad, J.N., Majeed, D., Arshad, M., Malik, M.A., Ali, A., Nadeem, S. & Ahmad, S.J.N. 2021. Effect of methyl jasmonate on bt cotton (Gossipium hirsutam L.) gene expression and mortality of pink boll worm (Pectinophora gossypiella). Journal of Animal & amp Plant Sciences, 31 (6), 1728–1738.
- https://databases.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Pectinophora-gossypiella.php
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_bollworm
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/477943-Pectinophora-gossypiella
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) – Pink Boll Worm Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/Pectinophora-gossypiella, accessed 2025/04/23.