| Pine White | |
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| male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Neophasia |
| Species: | N. menapia |
| Binomial name | |
| Neophasia menapia (C. & R. Felder, 1859) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pieris menapia |
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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 taxifolia, Tsuga heterophylla, Abies balsamea, Abies grandis, and Picea sitchensis.[3]