SPLAT PBW overstimulates males with a sex pheromone to disrupt the mating cycle, deterring males from mating with female moths. For best results, we recommend you monitor your populations of Pectinophora gossypiella. Use when populations are dense to help deter mating activity.
Scientific Name
Pectinophora gossypiella
Common Name
Pink Bollworm
Larval stage is the primary concern as they bore into the cotton boll. In order to feed on the seeds they also destroy the cotton lint in the process. They are a vector for other insects as well as fungi that enters the plant to cause damage.
The pink bollworm feeds on cotton, okra, Indian mallow, country mallow, hollyhocks, cotton (tree), short staple cotton, rosemallows, kenaf, Jamaica sorrel, Lucerne.
