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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

bollworm name for the larvae of two different moths. The pink bollworm is a serious pest of cotton, and the corn earworm , or cotton bollworm, attacks cotton, corn, and other crops.

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