The total length of the Gray-marked Tortricid is about .50 inch. The forewing is gray-brown with scattered thin, black barring and dark gray bands at the basal, median and subterminal areas. The pattern varies with some individuals having well defined darker markings and others with pale to no markings. The hindwing is plain tan with long tan fringes. D. fragarianus has almost identical forewing markings and cannot be separated from D. basiplagana by photos. However, its range is only in the far western U.S.