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(6) Meyrick, E. 
1905. Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera. In Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. 
Soc., v. 16, no. 4, p. 580-619. 
Page 592: As Geleehia gossypidla ; says the species is a true species of Gelechia and very 
destructive to cotton in India. 
(7) VOSSEEER, J. 
1905. Bericht des Zoologen. In Ber. Land. u. Forstw. Deutsch-Ostafrika, 
Bd- 2, Heft 7,'p. 403-443. 
3. Feinde der Baumwolle, p. 407-416: Account of remedial experiments against the 
pink bollworm ( Gelechia sp.). Found that, if the gathered infested cotton is spread out 
on sheets in the sun, the bollworm will leave it and that chickens and ducks would eagerly 
search for and eat the larvae which tried to escape the baking sun. 
(8) Maxwell-Lefroy, H. 
1906. Indian Insect Pests. 318 p., 346 fig., and fig. A-S. 
Pages 93-96, fig. 104-107: Life history of Gelechia gossypidla. States that "the moths 
are attracted to light and readily captured in lamp traps/’ Recommends as remedies: 
(1) Plucking off the first crop of bolls and (2) fumigation of seeds to kill hibernating larvae. 
(9) - 
1906. The insect pests of cotton in India. In Agr. Jour. India, v. 1, pt. 1, p. 
49-61, pi. 6-9. 
Life history of the "pink bollworm,” Gelechia gossypidla , and preventive measures 
against it. Recommends the picking and burning of all infested bolls of the first crop. 
(10) VOSSEEER, J. 
1906. Arbeiten im zoologisch-entomologischen Laboratorium. In Ber. Land. 
u. Forstw. Deutsch-Ostafrika, Bd. 2, Heft 8, p. 501-512. 
3. Feinde der Baumwolle, p. 503-505: Recommends hand picking and destruction 
of infested bolls. 
(n) Stuhlmann, F. 
1907. Plauderei fiber ostafrikanische Baumwolle ... In Pflanzer, Jahrg. 3, 
No. 12/14, p. 195-224; No. 15/16, p. 225-229. 
Pages 216-217: Notes on Gelechia gossypidla, "der roter Kapselwurm.” States that 
it is the worst enemy of cotton; notes that the moth is never observed in daytime and 
is not attracted to light. 
(12) VOSSELER, J. 
1907. Die Baumwollpflanzungen bei Sadani. In Pflanzer, Jahrg. 3, No. 21/22, 
P- 331-343- 
Page 337: Notes on Gelechia gossypidla , "der roter Kapselwurm.” States that it 
normally becomes so abundant in two to three years after its introduction in a field 
as to necessitate discontinuance of the crop. 
(13) Walsingham, T. de G. 
1907. Microlepidoptera. In Fauna Hawaiiensis, v. 1, pt. 5, p. 469-759, 
pi. 10-25. 
As Gdechia gossypidla. Bibliography to date; specific description and record of the 
species; introduction into the Hawaiian Islands; discussion of original home. 
(14) Burt, B. C. 
1908. Report on the Cawnpore Agricultural Station ... for the year ending 
30th June, 1908. 36 p., App. Allahabad. 
Entomological notes, p. 35-36: Species listed as "red bollworm” among insects of 
the year, with mention of unsuccessful treatment with carbon bisulphid and sulphur 
dioxid for the destruction of the larvae in cotton seeds. 
(15) Green, E. E. 
1909. Entomological notes. In Trop. Agr. [Ceylon], v. 33, no. 1, p. 34-35. 
Notes on injury to cotton bolls by the pink bollworm on the experiment station 
plots in Ceylon. 
(16) FULLAWAY, D. T. 
1909. Insects of cotton in Hawaii. Hawaii Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 18, 27 p., 
18 fig. 
Pages 16-21, fig. 9-12: Description and life history of Gelechia gossypidla , "the boll¬ 
worm”; its introduction and spread in the Hawaiian Islands. States that he has 
bred the species from milo ( Thespesia populnea ); advises as remedies clean culture 
and cultural methods, destruction of infested bolls by burning, pruning, and burning 
after the last crop and ginning soon after picking. 
