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Margined White

Pieris marginalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 217, February 429, March 648, April 483, May 236, June 173, July 148, August 151, September 192, October 196, November 252, December 194.
United States11,139
Canada4,901
California2,385
British Columbia1,605
Alberta796
Washington741
Oregon704
Colorado593
Yukon518
Idaho508

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusGarden Whites · Pieris

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