Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)

D, Nandhini, R, Shashank P., Joshi, Rahul & Reddy, Karthik M., 2024, A catalogue of Indian Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), Zootaxa 5420 (1), pp. 1-121 : 45-46

99. Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)

Depressaria gossypiella Saunders, 1844: 285 ; TL: India, Broach, West India (now Bharuch in Gujarat) (Syntypes) ( NHMUK) .

= Gelechia umbripennis Swinhoe, 1885: 884 ; TL: India, Poona, Bombay (now Pune in Maharashtra) (Syntypes ♂ ♀) ( NHMUK) .

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere : Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe; Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Yemen; Europe: Albania, Cyprus, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Spain; North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands; Oceania: Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Vanuatu; South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela ( CABI 2022c).

Illustrations: Larva, adult and genitalia ( Busck 1917: 370; Ramya et al. 2020: 99); Adult ( Edde 2021b: 243).

Hosts: Cochlospermum regium ( Bixaceae ); Cassine sp. ( Celastraceae ); Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ); Abelmoschus esculentus , A. moschatus , Abutilon sp. , A. megapotamicum , A. pictum , Alcea rosae , Azanza lampas , Corchorus sp. , C. olitorius , Gossypium sp. , G. arboreum , G. barbadense , G. herbaceum , G. hirsutum , G. thurberi , G. tomentosum , Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis , Hibiscus sp. , H. bifurcates , H. brackenridgei , H. cannabinus , H. furcellatus , H. rosa-sinensis , H. sabdariffa , H. tiliaceus , Sida cordifolia , Thespesia danis , T. grandiflora , T. populnea , Waltheria indica ( Malvaceae ) (Robinson et al. 2023).

Natural enemies: Predators: Orius albidipennis , O. similis , O. tristicolor ( Anthocoridae ); Chrysopa pallens , Chrysoperla carnea ( Chrysopidae ); Coccinella undecimpunctata , Hippodamia convergens ( Coccinellidae ); Polybia ignobilis ( Eumenidae ); Geocoris pallens , G. punctipes ( Geocoridae ); Pardosa milvina ( Lycosidae ); Collops vittatus ( Melyridae ); Mischocyttarus socialis , Nabis alternatus , N. americoferus ( Nabidae ); Sinea confusa , Zelus renardii ( Reduviidae ); Paederus alfierii ( Staphylinidae ); Synoeca septentrionalis ( Vespidae ); Parasitoids: Parasierola sp. , P. emarginata , P. nigrifemur ( Bethylidae ); Aleiodes aligharensi , Apanteles angaleti , A. quadratus , A. taragamae , Chelonus curvimaculatus , C. narayani Goryphus nursei , Microchelonus blackburni , M. heliopae , M. pectinophorae , Rogas aligharensis ( Braconidae ); Brachymeria lasus , B. nosatoi , B. ovata , Bracon brevicornis , B. gelechiae , B. greeni , B. hebetor , B. kirkpatricki , B. lefroyi , B. mellitor , B. nigrorufum , B. pectinophorae , B. platynotae ( Chalcididae ); Elasmus ballicaput , E. broomensis , E. johnstoni , E. platyedrae , Eurytoma pini , E. verbena ( Eulophidae ); Exeristes roborator ; Goniozus aethiops , G. gallicola , G. legneri , G. pakmanus , Pristomerus hawaiiensis , P. vulnerator , Scambus lineipes , S. striatus , Theronia lineata ( Ichneumonidae ); Dibrachys cavus , Habrocytus sp. ( Pteromalidae ); Trichogramma achaeae , T. brasiliense , T. chilonis , T. evanescens , T. minutum , T. pretiosum , Trichogrammatoidea bactrae ( Trichogrammatidae ); Pathogens: Bacillus cereus , B. thuringiensis , B. t. aizawai, B. t. entomocidus, B. t. finitimus, B. t. galleriae, B. t. kurstaki, B. t. sotto, B. t. dendrolimus, B. t. subtoxicus, B. t. thompsoni, B. t. thuringiensis , B. t. tianmensis, B. t. tolworthi, B. t. wuhanensis (entomopathogenic bacteria); Steinernema carpocapsae , S. riobravis (entomopathogenic nematodes); Mites: Pyemotes herfsi , P. tritici ( Pyemotidae ) ( CABI 2022c).

Remark: Based on the original description (Saunders 1844), we assume syntypes are deposited in the NHMUK.

Genus Pexicopia Common, 1958: 271 , 278; TS: Gelechia desmanthes Lower, 1898