The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light ashy brown, irrorated with paler, faintly rosy-tinged ; some minute black dots near base and on termen ; stigmata and a dot obliquely beneath and before second discal black, first discal beyond plical. Hindwings are grey.
The larva is blackish-grey ; dorsal line whitish on incisions between 2 and 4; spiracular indistinct, whitish, clearer anteriorly; head and plate of 2 black.[2]
The moths are on wing from June to August depending on the location.
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^Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description