Noun | 1. | ![]() family Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae - important economic pests bollworm - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls |
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 Gelechia, genus Gelechia - type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms |