Howes described the species as follows:
29 mm.
Head and thorax ochreous, slightly tinged with rufous.
Antennae filiform, rufous.
Crests well defined, dotted with rufous.
Abdomen ochreous, in ♀︎ dotted with minute dark specks, ochreous-rufous in ♂︎, with strong crests, especially the anal.
Forewings ochreous, suffused with rufous ; all markings rufous.
Subbasal line double, much broken, double line at ​¹⁄₃ bending strongly outwards at centre of wing.
A mark on costa at ​¹⁄₂, followed by two marks over reniform, which continue through reniform as faint jagged lines across wing.
An indistinct subterminal line formed by a series of dots.
Orbicular obsolete.
Reniform filled with dark rufous.
Veins faintly marked with rufous.
Cilia ochreous.
Hindwings ochreous, centre of wing clouded with rufous brown.
Discoidal spot well defined.
A faint series of subterminal dots.
Cilia whitish-ochreous, with a darker line at base.
Underside pale ochreous.
Curved post-medial line across both wings.
Reniform and discoidal lunule well defined.
Howes described the species as follows:
29 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, slightly tinged with rufous. Antennae filiform, rufous. Crests well defined, dotted with rufous. Abdomen ochreous, in ♀︎ dotted with minute dark specks, ochreous-rufous in ♂︎, with strong crests, especially the anal. Forewings ochreous, suffused with rufous ; all markings rufous. Subbasal line double, much broken, double line at ​¹⁄₃ bending strongly outwards at centre of wing. A mark on costa at ​¹⁄₂, followed by two marks over reniform, which continue through reniform as faint jagged lines across wing. An indistinct subterminal line formed by a series of dots. Orbicular obsolete. Reniform filled with dark rufous. Veins faintly marked with rufous. Cilia ochreous. Hindwings ochreous, centre of wing clouded with rufous brown. Discoidal spot well defined. A faint series of subterminal dots. Cilia whitish-ochreous, with a darker line at base. Underside pale ochreous. Curved post-medial line across both wings. Reniform and discoidal lunule well defined.
Meterana pansicolor