Pectinophora scutigera

Pectinophora scutigera, the Queensland pink bollworm or pinkspotted bollworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Holdaway in 1926 from Australia, where it occurs in coastal and central Queensland. It has also been recorded from Hawaii, New Guinea, Micronesia and New Caledonia.^[1]

Pectinophora scutigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pectinophora
Species:	P. scutigera
Binomial name
Pectinophora scutigera (Holdaway, 1926)
Synonyms
Platyedra scutigera Holdaway, 1926