Neophasia menapia
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Neophasia menapia (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
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Pieris menapia |
The Pine White (Neophasia menapia) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in western USA 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