The Artichoke Plume Moth has a one inch wingspan. The forewing is brown with a darker costal border that widens to form a triangle at top of the postmedial line. The subterminal line is edged on both sides with white. The terminal line is brown with a white fringe. The hindwing is gray with a small black triangle on the anal margin. The abdomen has 2 jagged reddish-brown bands on the upper segments. The early instars of the larva are orange with black spots on the last abdominal segment. The final instar is off-white. At maturity it turns yellowish to pink. The larva grows to about .75 inch