bollworm, pink bollworm, lygus bug
The Boll weevil is the best known example - see related link for more details. Also bollworm, pink bollworm, and lygus bugs are serious problems.
cotton bollworm, pink bollworm, thrips, cotton square borer, cotton aphids, whiteflies, fleahoppers, boll weevils, and many other occasional pests
The accepted scientific name is Pectinophora gossypiella.
Boll weevils are harmful to the cotton plant. Also birds and Spiders are harmful to them. White flies cover the cotton balls in a sticky liquid called "honeydew" that is expensive to get off. They also suck the sap out of them. Bollworm, pink bollworm, and lygus bug are some more.
The egg of the cotton bollworm, which is small and inconspicuous hatches into larvae. The larvae tunnels into large squares or bolls and completes the development in one structure. During this period, the larvae will shed off its skin four to five times. Mature larvae then pupate in bolls, stems or surface. The whole cycle takes place in about six weeks.
Madan Mohan Lall has written: 'Hints on silkwork-rearing in the Punjab' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Sericulture 'Some important insect pests of cotton in the Punjab' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Cotton, Pink bollworm, Diseases and pests
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern B--LWO--. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter B and 4th letter L and 5th letter W and 6th letter O. In alphabetical order, they are: bellwort bollworm buhlwork
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern -OLL---M. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter O and 3rd letter L and 4th letter L and 8th letter M. In alphabetical order, they are: bollworm hollidam
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern BO----RM. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter B and 2nd letter O and 7th letter R and 8th letter M. In alphabetical order, they are: bollworm bookworm
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern BO--WO--. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter B and 2nd letter O and 5th letter W and 6th letter O. In alphabetical order, they are: bodywork bollworm bookwork bookworm
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern -O-LW-R-. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter O and 4th letter L and 5th letter W and 7th letter R. In alphabetical order, they are: bollworm goalward toilworn woolward woolwork