♂. 15–17 mm. Head brownish, tinged with pink. Palpi brown, mixed with whitish within. Antennae brown, ciliations over 1. Thorax bronzy-brown. Abdomen pale bronzy-brown, segmental divisions whitish. Legs bronzy-brown, tarsi annulated with whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique; bronzy-brown, strongly tinged with pink, especially on apical half, and with scattered scales and spots of fuscous-black; markings fuscous-black; an obscure striga from costa at ¼, outwardly oblique to fold and enclosing first discal and plical spots; a similar striga from costa beyond middle to tornus, enclosing second discal spot; a faint subterminal striga, sharply angled inwards at middle; some scattered scales and spots; the strigae may be ferruginous, and sometimes there is considerable admixture of whitish-ochreous: fringes leaden-fuscous tinged with pink. Hindwings fuscous, darker apically: fringes greyish-fuscous with darker basal line.[3]
This species is similar in appearance to Euchersadaula lathriopa but can be distinguished from that latter species as E. tristis is larger in size and has broader forewings.[3]
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