The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The head is whitish. Terminal joint of palpi shorter than second. Forewings whitish, irrorated with grey, with a few black scales; fine black marks on costa near base and before and beyond middle; two or three black dots or dashes towards base, and one beneath costa at 1/3; stigmata black, first discal beyond plical, preceded by a sometimes confluent black dot, another black dot beneath second discal, and a discal dash beyond it; fuscous costal and tornal spots at 2/3. Hindwings 1, grey. The larva is pale green; dots black; head yellowish.[3][4][5][6]
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^Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
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