The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, posteriorly irrorated with pale orange ochreous. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with whitish . There is a sharply marked whitish -yellowish rather narrow curved transverse median dorsal blotch and two dark leaden-metallic oblique streaks from the costa posteriorly. There are three or four black dots on the termen towards middle, and a whitish subapical dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter basally.The larva is pinkish-white; head yellowishbrown; plate of 2 brownish-tinged :[1]
^The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
^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