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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses (Pierini) » Pieris » West Virginia White - Hodges#4196 (Pieris virginiensis)
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White, veined - Pieris virginiensis
Copyright © 2008 Beatriz Moisset

White, veined - Pieris virginiensis
Dry Fork River, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
April 21, 2008
Please, correct me if I am wrong but it seems pretty certaint that it is this species.
I read that the native species of Pieris lay their eggs on members of the Brassicaceae family, such as toothwort. They are attracted to garlic mustard, an invasive non-native plant of this family, that turns out to be toxic to their larvae. Invasive Plants.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 29 April, 2008 - 8:08pm
Last updated 15 August, 2019 - 5:04pm

Moved
Moved from Mustard White.
Thanks, I see what you mean. I hope that now it is in the right place.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 August, 2009 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

pieris
I don't think the Mustard White (napi complex) lives in the Appalachians. This may be the West Virginia White (P. virginiensis) which is closely related.
… Ray Simpson, 7 August, 2009 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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