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Pexicopiini

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Pink bollworm
species of insect
Anisoplaca
Anisoplaca is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.
Sitotroga
Sitotroga is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.
Lacistodes
Lacistodes is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.
Decatopseustis
Decatopseustis is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.
Semnostoma
Semnostoma is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.
Pexicopia
Pexicopia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains 22 species, such as the hollyhock seed moth (Pexicopia malvella), which is found in Europe.
Platyedra subcinerea
species of insect
Mometa
Mometa is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.
Aspades hutchinsonella
species of insect
Pectinophora
Pectinophora is a genus of moths 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 bolls, 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 may be unpickable or so stunted as to greatly lower the yield and grade. The yield of oil from the seeds is greatly reduced. Double seeds a
Lacistodes brunneostola
species of insect
Semnostoma barathrota
species of insect
Decatopseustis cataphanes
species of insect
Platyedra
Platyedra is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.
Epilechia
Epilechia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Epilechia catalinella, which is found in Mexico and the southern United States (Arizona and Texas).
Pectinophora endema
species of insect
Mometa anthophthora
species of insect