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A large crambid (23-33 mm wingspan). Forewings varying from brown to pale ochreous, lighter in the lower half, surface sprinkled with dark brown scales; with dark lines from the base through the cell and a dark area closer to the margin; with an oblique line from the cell to the apex; terminal line with 4-5 dark dots; fringes steel gray cut by four or five white lines. Hind wings light brown to pale grayish white, fringe whitish. Distinguished from the other Pediasia species by the combination of dark areas in the forewing and the lighter fringe which is cut by white lines. Worn specimens can be hard to identify. The male genitalia are illustrated in Landry (1995). Pediasia aridella edmontella also has white streaks in the fringe and outer margin of the forewing but it lacks the pronounced dark lines.