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Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) is an insect pest of cotton bolls. It is a native of India and was first detected in Texas in 1917.

The pink bollworm damages cotton bolls and provides an entry for other cotton diseases.

For more information about this plant pest, see the CAPS data sheet and the CABI data sheet.

Survey Maps

6/2020 - Combatting Navel Orangeworm
4/2020 - Long-term analysis shows GM cotton no match for insects in India
3/2020 - Awareness Starts Against Attack Of Pink Bollworm On Cotton
1/2020 - Vidarbha Cotton Infested by 20-40 Percent Pink Bollworm
12/2019 - Gujarat's cotton production may be 10-15% lower than estimate after rains, bollworm pest
12/2019 - FAC Advises Farmers To Vacate Cotton Fields For Wheat Sowing
10/2019 - MNSUA To Put Own PB-Ropes On Trial To Counter Pink Bollworm
10/2019 - Maharashtra: Pink bollworm infestation down this time, farmers hope for good crop
9/2019 - Pink bollworm attack on cotton crosses economic threshold limit in Maharashtra
8/2019 - Adilabad: Pink bollworm back to attacking cotton