Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)

large white

on Brassica, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Brassicaceae etc., narrowly polyphagous

Alliaria petiolata; Alyssum montanum; Arabis glabra; Armoracia rusticana; Aurinia saxatilis; Barbarea vulgaris; Brassica napus, oleracea & subsp. capitata, rapa; Bunias orientalis; Cakile maritima; Capparis spinosa; Cardamine bulbifera; Cleome hassleriana; Cochlearia officinalis; Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos; Crambe maritima, tataria; Diplotaxis muralis, tenuifolia; Eruca vesicaria; Hesperis matronalis; Isatis tinctoria; Lepidium latifolium; Lobularia maritima; Lunaria annua, rediviva; Raphanus raphanistrum, sativus; Reseda lutea; Rorippa amphibia, sylvestris; Sinapis arvensis; Sisymbrium loeselii. officinale; Thlaspi arvense; Thlaspi arvense.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a)Lepiforum (2021), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a).