The purpose of the Cotton Survey is to detect new infestations of targeted cotton pest species at low population levels. The Cotton Survey Reference provides standardized guidelines for conducting a Cotton detection survey in the United States and its territories.
The Cotton Survey Reference consists of an Introduction and individual pest datasheets. The individual pest datasheets are posted as free-standing documents (below).
| Anthonomus grandis (2022) | Helicoverpa armigera (2025) | Spodoptera litura (2025) |
| Autographa gamma (2025) | Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (2025) | Thaumatotibia leucotreta (2025) |
| Cryptophlebia leucotreta (2025) | Pectinophora gossypiella (2022) | |
| Eutetranychus orientalis (2019) | Spodoptera littoralis (2020) |