Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)

black-veined white

on Prunus, etc.

Aporia crataegi

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 1.v.2023 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Amelanchier ovalis; Chaenomeles rhipidophylla, speciosa; Crataegus monogyna; Malus domestica; Prunus avium, cerasifera, domestica, mahaleb, padus, spinosa; Pyrus communis; Rosa; Sorbus aucuparia, hybrida, intermedia.

Also Frangula (Aistleitner & Aistleitner).

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Aistleitner & Aistleitner (1996a), Baquero, Moraza, Ariño & Jordana (2011a, Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Jugovic & Kržič (2019a), Lepiforum (2021), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).