The female's wings are purplish red with ochre-yellow. They have thin scales and are almost transparent. The male's wings are purplish brown with a large transparent space in the middle. The female is larger than the male. The wing span is 4.2 to 6.6 centimeters.
Pink-striped oakworm moths
![A mating pair of pink-striped oakworm moths.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a05f13b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x668+0+0/resize/880x490!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F201806%2FPinkStrippedOakwormMoths-mating.jpg)
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