Neophasia menapia
Pine white | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Neophasia |
Species: | N. menapia |
Binomial name | |
Neophasia menapia (C. & R. Felder, 1859) | |
Subspecies | |
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Synonyms | |
Pieris menapia |
The pine white (Neophasia menapia) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the western US and in southern British Columbia.[1][2]
It is mostly white with black vines and wing bars. Similar to Neophasia terlooii but ranges only overlap in New Mexico.[1][2]
The wingspan is 42 to 50 millimeters.[1]
The host plants are Pinus sp., Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Abies balsamea, Abies grandis, and Picea sitchensis.[3]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Pine white |
- Pine White, Butterflies and Moths of North-America
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