Pink boll worm (Pectinophora gossypiella , Gelechiidae ,lepidioptera)

Damaging stage: larva

Symptoms of damage:

• Excessive shedding of
• Boll fall
• Mature bolls with poor quality.

Identification

• Egg: white, flat and
• Larva  white and turns
• Pupa: Most pupation occurs in the top layer of soil beneath cotton
• Adult: ark brown body, numerous black spots on wings, frings are present on both forewings and hindwings. Vegetation is found in hind wings .

Management

• Early maturing variety preferred
• Destruction of offseason cotton sprouts /alternate
• Acid delinted
• Balanced
• Pheromones traps and light
• Trichogramma @150000 weekly
• Avoid rationing.
• Seed fumigation 
• Chloropyriphos @1-2 ml/l.