The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are yellow-whitish striated with fuscous.The costa is strigulated with dark fuscous. The edge of the basal patch is angulated in the middle' An irregular central fascia, and the apical area are fuscous irrorated with pale yellowish, with a few blackish marks.A slender blackish longitudinal streak crosses the middle of the fascia and curves upwards above the ocellus to near termen . The ocellus is pale yellowish, edged with leaden-metallic. The hindwings are grey or light grey.[3]
^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