Much as in P. virgata except hind femora shorter and not reaching tips of abdomen and often not wings. Wings varied in length, but usually at least reaching past tips of hind femora, or nearly so. As in P. virgata, dark stripe is narrower than eye, extending back from upper part of eye, usually with white or near white area surrounding roughly lower half of eye.

P. wyomingensis, usually has short wings only an uncommon long-winged variant occurs. Dark stripe back from eye is wider than eye, with white coloring below only touching bottom of eye. The subgenital plate is longer, very roughly about as long as the combined length of two average abdominal segments.