Wingspan around 17 mm. This species has a distinctive wing pattern of brown bars on a pale background.

Records must be supported by a good photograph in view of the scarcity of this species in VC55.

They rest among the foliage during the day, and fly later into the night. 

The adult moths fly in July and August.

The larval foodplant is Wormwood, the larvae feeding inside the stems and roots.

A local species, occurring sporadically in parts of southern England and Wales, ranging north to Derbyshire, but not common anywhere in Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as Nationally Scarce B.

Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.