Wingspan of 25-30 mm. Forewings are mottled grey and brown without dark markings and usually with an irregular banding pattern and a pale coloured reniform spot. Hindwings are uniform grey to white, edged with a dark margin.
Different instars vary in colouration. Early instars are pale green to yellow in colour. Fourth instars are darker dorsally with a dark lateral stripe. Final instars are variable, usually green dorsally and pink to pinkish-yellow ventrally. A white lateral stripe is usually present together with a series of dark spots dorsally and laterally and the spiracles are white with a narrow black border.
A wide range of arable, vegetable and ornamental plants including beet, broccoli, cabbage, aubergine, wheat, cotton, soybean, sugarbeet and tobacco.
