gelechia gossypiella

1. 1.

   larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls

   Synonymspink bollworm

   Broaderbollworm

   Part ofGelechiidae
2. 2.

   small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton

   Broadergelechiid

   Part ofGelechia

Questions about gelechia gossypiella

What does gelechia gossypiella mean?

gelechia gossypiella means "larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for gelechia gossypiella?

Close synonyms include pink bollworm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gelechia gossypiella a common word?

gelechia gossypiella is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.