Lithophane semibrunnea, the tawny pinion, is a moth of the Noctuoidea family.

It is found in scattered populations in North Africa, central and southern Europe and Asia Minor.

Forewing dull wood brown, the inner-marginal half suffused with black brown, blackest on inner margin and in outer half of submedian interspace; veins marked with black scales; lines indistinct; the outer marked by pairs of black dots on veins and a white crescent on submedian fold; the submarginal line by a slighter one; hindwing greyish brown, paler in male, with the terminal area darker.

The dorsal crests on the abdomen are also black-blue; The anterior edge of the forewing is straight compared to other species of the genus, e.g. Lithophane socia.

Larva green; dorsal and subdorsal lines white; spiracular line broad, yellowish white, much varied with white dots and streaks below; head greenish; feeding on ash and other trees.