The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[4] The face and palpi are pale brownish. The forewings are silvery- whitish, finely strigulated with fuscous. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with dark fuscous and white. There are some scattered dark fuscous strigulae . The basal patch with edge somewhat bent, the central fascia with posterior median projection, and an irregular spot touching termen in middle are all dark fuscous. The termen is hardly sinuate. The cilia have a white subapical dash. The hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellowish; head dark brown :[5]
Adults are on wing in June and July in western Europe.[6]
^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