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A medium-size moth (4.0 cm wingspan) with mottled dull grey and pale yellow-brown forewings and grey-brown hindwings. The forewing pattern is rather blurry, with the yellow-brown most prominent at the antemedian and postmedian lines. The orbicular and reniform are also incompletely outlined in the yellow-brown scales. The antennae are simple and the sexes are similar. Very similar to both P. typica and P. peabodyae. The forewings are more contrasting and the hindwings usually paler than those of peabodeyae, which is usually found at lower elevations. P. typica has slightly paler hindwings, and usually a darker median band. The genitalia of typica are very different, with the valves tapering to a long narrow curved apex (blunt in craboi).