Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gelechia_gossypiella

2 senses of gelechia gossypiella

Sense 1
pink bollworm, Gelechia gossypiella -- (larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls)
       => bollworm -- (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)

Sense 2
Gelechia gossypiella -- (small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton)
       => gelechiid, gelechiid moth -- (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)