Wingspan around 12 to 15 mm. This is a rather distinctive, heavily mottled Tortricid.

Frequents woodland margins.

The flight period of the adults is during July when the moths may be found resting on tree-trunks but are often hidden higher up in the canopy.

The foodplants are poplar species including aspen - the larva spinning two leaves together during May or June.

Locally distributed in the south-east of England, rare elsewhere in Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as Nationally Scarce B.

Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland - the Sapcote record of 24th July 2013 is the first record for VC55. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).