pink bollworm

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

   SynonymsGelechia gossypiella

   Broaderbollworm

   Part ofGelechiidae

Questions about pink bollworm

What does pink bollworm mean?

pink bollworm means "larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls".

What is another word for pink bollworm?

Close synonyms include Gelechia gossypiella. 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 pink bollworm a common word?

pink bollworm 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.