The forewings are pale buff, evenly scattered with brown scales and broad white stripes.

This is a very variable species with the forewings ranging from pale buff through to almost black.

It is pale buff in colour, sometimes dull but often with rosy tint.

The cap is viscid and colored smokey white to pale buff.

The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown.

It is spotted with pale buff or whitish spots similar to those on the body, but more uniformly distributed.

The color is pale buff, with elegant longitudinal narrow tawny streaks.

They also have a pale buff barring their upper parts.

The female lays 7 to 12 eggs, which are white or pale buff, some having fine dark brown spots.

The forewings are beige, suffused with pale buff and dark brown scales.