Moth Photographers Group – Genitalia – 590590 – 2261

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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Gelechiidae

590590 – 2261 – Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) – Pink Bollworm

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Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844), introduced pest of cotton from India, had been declared eradicated in the US by the USDA in 2018. "There are still relictual populations in wild sea-island cotton in nature reserves on the S. FL coast." (James Hayden, in litt., 8iv2022)

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Gilligan, T.M. & S. Passoa, 2014. LepIntercept - An identification resource for intercepted Lepidoptera larvae. USDA-APHIS-PPQ Identification Technology Program (ITP). Fort Collins, CO. - website.
Hughes, G.B. & W. Moore, 2011. Identification Tool to the Pink Bollworm and its Look-Alikes. Identification Technology Program, CPHST, PPQ, APHIS, USDA; Fort Collins, CO, website
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 10.40f; p. 102. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at iNaturalist

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