Pectinophora gossypiella

(Saunders, 1844)

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Common name (English)

Pink bollworm

Ηabitat

I1 Arable

J1 Buildings

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

Impacts

Negative

Reared from cotton, common and injurous (Georghiou 1977); a rather heavy attack by this species and Earias insulana usually develpos in cotton bools towards the end of the summer in all areas. The practice of sowing cotton rather late, so that the crop matures in October and November, causes this damage to be more serious than if the crop matured in August and September when the attack is slight (Morris 1937).

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on plants (except parasites) – Con Plant

Pathway detail

CBD pathway per EASIN (2023).

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/