. A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. ion: India, Siam, Burma, Australia, Africa, , Friedrich. Arbeit. Kaiserlich. Biolog. Anst. f. Land- u. Forstwirtschaft band 9, heft 1, 1913. pp. 175-179, figs. 35-39. Pectiiiophora gossypieila Saunders (Gelechia).(The Pink BoUworm. Gelechiidae; Lepidoptera.) Host: Cotton. Injury: Breeds in the bolls, especially in the seed. Liable to be imported in cottonseed. Live specimens have been taken in quarantine in the United States. Some of these were in stray seeds inbaled cotton. Descript
. A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. ion: India, Siam, Burma, Australia, Africa, , Friedrich. Arbeit. Kaiserlich. Biolog. Anst. f. Land- u. Forstwirtschaft band 9, heft 1, 1913. pp. 175-179, figs. 35-39. Pectiiiophora gossypieila Saunders (Gelechia).(The Pink BoUworm. Gelechiidae; Lepidoptera.) Host: Cotton. Injury: Breeds in the bolls, especially in the seed. Liable to be imported in cottonseed. Live specimens have been taken in quarantine in the United States. Some of these were in stray seeds inbaled cotton. Description and biology:Moth—small, gray colored, lessthan half an inch long, withlong brown fringes on thewings. Pupa brown, less thanhalf an inch in length. Larvawhite when very young, butbecoming pink; feeds in greenor ripe bolls, first attackingthe leaves or outside of bolls;later it bores inside of the boll,feeding on the seed. The lar-val period is sometimes verygreatly retarded. Eggs de-posited singly on leaves,stalks, and bolls hatch in afew days. (See text fig. 48.)Has become established in. Fig. 48.—Cotton pink bollworm (Pectinopliora gossypieila): a,Adult; 6, c, larvae; d, pupa; e, cocoon. (Maxwell-Lefroy.) Distribution: India, Africa, Hawaii, New Caledonia,the Laguna District, State of Coahuila, , H. F. Indian Insect Pests, pp. 93-9().Maxwell-Lefroy. H. F. The Insect Pests of Cotton in India, Agricultural Journal of India, vol. 1, pp. , S. K., and Dutt, H. L. Crop Pest Handbook for Behar and Orissa, 1913, Dept. Agr. Behar and Orissa, Calcutta, Leaflet 44, pi. 31. Pyroderces simplex Walsingham.(The Little Bollworm. Gelechiidae; Lepidoptera.) Host: Cotton. Injury: Breeds in the bolls, especially in the seed. Description andMology: Adult moth,light brown, with black and white markings,length 6 mm. Larva pink, 8 mm. long. Pupa light brown, 5 mm. long. The speciesgreatly resembles Pectinophora gossypieila but is smaller and differently marked.
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