Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)

large white

on Brassica, etc.

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 6.vi.2023 © Laurens van der Linde

imago

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 montana, napus, oleracea & subsp. capitata, rapa; Bunias orientalis; Cakile maritima; Capparis spinosa; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Cardamine bulbifera; Cleome hassleriana; Cochlearia officinalis; Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos; Crambe koktebelica, maritima, tataria; Diplotaxis erucoides, muralis, tenuifolia; Eruca vesicaria; Erysimum hieracifolium; Hesperis matronalis; Hirschfeldia incana; Isatis tinctoria; Lepidium latifolium; Lobularia maritima; Lunaria annua, rediviva; Raphanus raphanistrum & subsp. landra, sativus; Reseda lutea; Rorippa amphibia, sylvestris; Sinapis arvensis; Sisymbrium loeselii. officinale; Thlaspi arvense; Thlaspi arvense.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Eitschberger & Wiemers, Lepiforum.

references

Baquero, Moraza, Ariño & Jordana (2011a), Bouček (1959a), Budashkin & Savchuk (2010a), Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Eitschberger & Wiemers (1990a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Lafranchis (2020b), Lepiforum (2021), Marabuto (2018a), Obregón, Shaw, Fernández-Haeger & Jordano (2015b), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Wiemers (1995a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a), Žikić, Ritt, Colacci, ao (2019a).