Colors which are similar or may be considered synonymous to tan include: tawny, tenn, and fulvous.
Antennae, head and thorax very dark brown, abdomen fulvous; beneath very hairy; palpi, thorax and abdomen dark brown, the abdomen towards the apex paler.
Its color is reddish brown to orangish brown to yellowish, and it is hygrophanous, fading when dry to a straw or fulvous color.
Pupation takes place in a pale fulvous pupa with a roseate hue.
Darker individuals tend to have a deeper fulvous base to their upper sides.
The basic colour of the wings is fulvous.
Male wings are mostly bright fulvous upperside, and darker or brownish fulvous underside, with darker brown borders and some spot patterns.
The hindwings are rather dark fulvous-fuscous, with a bronze gloss.
