Wingspan about 12 mm. This species, despite its dull appearance, is relatively easy to recognise. It has a dark brown quite plain appearance, with a series of creamy-coloured strigulae along the costa, interspersed with occasional bluish-metallic streaks.

Hedgerows and open woodland.

The adults fly in May and June.

The life history is not well documented, but apparently the larvae feed in fruits of Plum (Prunus), and possibly in shoots of Oak (Quercus) and Hawthorn (Crataegus).

Its known distribution covers much of England, but is not very common anywhere, and becomes scarcer further north. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.

It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).