RECOGNITION

Diagnostic features. This moth is perhaps the smallest found in the DELTA traps. The wings are long, pointed and narrow. The hind margins of the wings have long fringes of scales much longer than the width of the wings. The terminal segment of the labial palp has three dark transverse bands. The labial palps are longer and thinner than in the pink bollworm. Some species in this genus may have a pecten of stiff spines on the scape of the antenna.

How to distinguish from the pink bollworm:

The first indication that these moths are not the pink bollworm is their small size.  The hind wings are also very different because they are narrow and pointed instead of being broad with the sigmoidal curve.