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Pectinophora gossypiella (Pink bollworm)

Synonyms: Depressaria gossypiella (homotypic); Gelechia umbripennis; Lecithocera umbripennis; Pectinophora umbripennis; Platyedra gossypiella

Wikipedia Abstract

Lecithocera umbripennis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1885. It is found in India (Bombay, Poona). The wingspan is about 15 mm for males and 18 mm for females. The forewings are dark umber-brown, with two inconspicuous darker spots, the first above and before the middle, the second equidistant from the costal and dorsal margins, at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale cinereous.
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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0