Luteostriata dissimilis is a medium to small land planarian, reaching up to in length when crawling. The dorsalcolor is light-yellow with a more or less orange head and five dark longitudinal stripes: one median, two paramedian and two lateral. The median stripe beginsbehind the head and is often discontinuous along the body, whereas the other stripes start at the head and extend close to the posterior end. The lateral stripes are the widest and the median stripe the narrowest. The ventral side is pale yellow.