noun
1. larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
• Syn: ↑pink bollworm
• Hypernyms: ↑bollworm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gelechiidae, ↑family Gelechiidae
2. small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
• Hypernyms: ↑gelechiid, ↑gelechiid moth
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gelechia, ↑genus Gelechia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.