The head is covered with short, grey-brown, hair-like scales.

The forewings are rounded, the base color is yellow-brown with darker markings, also some small, white spots.

The larva is dirty yellowish white with a dark brown head.

The larvae feed on mushrooms, particularly Piptoporus betulinus and Ganoderma applanatum, and dead wood.

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at no:Morophaga choragella; see its history for attribution.