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Field Guide Descriptions: Leckie and Beadle (2018) | Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, GBIF, BOLD | Technical Description, Adults: Brou and Lafontaine (2009) | |
| Adult Markings: A medium-sized, gray Pinion with ochre shading around the reniform spot. The ground color of the forewing is a fairly uniform pale gray, somewhat darker in some specimens. In addition to the orange-brown shading around the reniform, a black dash in the fold connecting the antemedian and postmedian lines is distinctive (Brou and Lafontaine, 2009); a black crescent also occurs below the reniform. Hindwings are pinkish-fuscous. Lithophane adipel has a similar black dash but is usually more darkly colored and lacks the ochre shade at the reniform. |
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| Forewing Length: 15.7–18.0 mm, males; 15.6–18.4 mm, females (Brou and Lafontaine, 2009) |
| Adult Structural Features: Reproductive structures of the male are distinctive and are described and illustrated by Brou and Lafontaine (2009). |
| Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens. |
| Immatures and Development: Apparently not described but a photograph taken in 2014 by George Smiley is shown on BugGuide. Like the larvae of Cutina, it is green with a series of narrow pale lines. The head is unlined, however, unlike the Cutina, and he spiracles are ringed with black and white. |
| Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants. |