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    Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is known in Europe as the small white, in North...
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    Another potential enemy of P. oleracea is a member of its own genus, Pieris rapae. After introduction of this species in an area in New England populated...
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    butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae. The large white is common throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia....
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    Noctuidae genus Spodoptera (armyworms), Helicoverpa (corn earworm), or Pieris brassicae can cause extensive damage to certain crops. Helicoverpa zea larvae...
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    wallflower) is resistant to feeding and oviposition of Pieris napi macdunnoughii (synonym Pieris marginalis, margined white butterfly). Two crucifer-feeding...
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    Matthiola (stock) and the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress). Pieris rapae and other butterflies of the family Pieridae are some of the best-known...
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    larvae (caterpillars) of a few of these species, such as Pieris brassicae and Pieris rapae, commonly seen in gardens, feed on brassicas, and are notorious...
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    areas where it has been transported and naturalized. Pieris rapae, the small white butterfly, and Pieris napi, the green veined white butterfly, are significant...
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    of two biliproteins, BP1 and BP2, from the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae and their tissue- and stage-specific accumulation". Insect Biochemistry...
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    have antifeedant activity against the Brassicaceae-feeding specialist Pieris rapae (cabbage butterfly). Cucurbitacins from Iberis umbellata (globe candytuft)...
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    Pieris canidia, the Indian cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in India, Nepal and Indochina. Pieris rapae is one of the most closely...
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    be developed. Introduced by accident, "cabbageworms", the larvae of Pieris rapae, are a common caterpillar pest in horseradish. Mature caterpillars chew...
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    as a cue for egg-laying by female cabbage white butterflies such as Pieris rapae. Indeed, the larvae of this butterfly thrive well on this plant. Diamondback...
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    illustrating complete metamorphosis in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae larva pupa pupa ready to hatch adult In cephalochordata, metamorphosis...
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    North America, Australia and New Zealand, "cabbage worms", the larvae of Pieris rapae, also known as the "small white" butterfly, are a common pest in broccoli...
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    Reichel's margined white Pieris oleracea – mustard white Pieris oleracea frigida – Newfoundland white Pieris rapae – small white Pieris virginiensis – West...
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    Belenois java (redirect from Pieris niseia)
    It is highly migratory and is often confused with the cabbage white (Pieris rapae). The upper surface of the male's wings are white with a broad black...
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    the orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines), large white (Pieris brassicae), small white (Pieris rapae), and moths, such as Plutella porrectella. It is considered...
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    Pieries rapae (white cabbage butterfly) is deterred from feeding and oviposition on E. cheiranthoides. However, another pierid species, Pieris napi oleracea...
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    Newfoundland white Pieris persis (Verity, 1922) (Iran) Pieris pseudorapae (Verity, [1908]) (southern Europe, Turkey and Iran) Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)...
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    which are met in a wide range of locations. The small white butterfly Pieris rapae for example is found on all the continents of the world apart from Antarctica...
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    a novel 5-HT receptor was isolated from the small white butterfly, Pieris rapae, and named pr5-HT8. It does not occur in mammals and shares relatively...
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    beetle (Colaphellus bowringi) diamondback moth small white butterfly (Pieris rapae) aphids cucumber beetles stink bugs Vegetable weevils Mole crickets cutworms...
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    insect larva. A well-studied case is that of the small white butterfly (Pieris rapae), a serious horticultural pest of Brassica species such as cabbage and...
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    Tropaeolum majus and Brassica napus. Pieris rapae is one of the closest relatives of this family. There are two subspecies: Pieris brassicoides brassicoides Guérin-Méneville...
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  • mechanism behind ultraviolet light perception. White Cabbage Butterflies, Pieris rapae crucivora, use their private ultraviolet communication system to initiate...
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    leaves. The caterpillar stage of the "small cabbage white butterfly" (Pieris rapae), commonly known in the United States as the "imported cabbage worm"...
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    coincides with the introduction, in the 1950s, of the small white butterfly (Pieris rapae). The mechanisms involved are not fully understood but a viral infection...
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    length of the forewings is 19–25 mm. P. manni Mayer and rossii Stef [Pieris rapae var. rossii Stefanelli, 1900] are treated by us as forms of a separate...
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    food for the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, such as the small white (Pieris rapae). Found in Ireland, Wales and England and also in the highlands of Scotland...
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