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Anthocharis midea

Opler, Paul A.;Stout, Todd L.;Back, Werner;Zhang, Jing;Cong, Qian;Shen, Jinhui;Grishin, Nick V.

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Anthocharis midea

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species of insect

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyPieridae

Resident in eastern North America (Scott 1986). Habitats are IN OR NEAR OPEN WOODS. Host plants are usually herbaceous and include many species, but mostly in one family, CRUCIFERAE. Eggs are laid on the host plant singly. Individuals overwinter as pupae. There is one flight each year with the approximate flight time MAR1-MAY31 depending on latitude (Scott 1986).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,154
With media
247
Family
Pieridae
Collections
ALMNH
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anthocharis
Image
Female Falcate Orangetip, Megan McCarty94.jpg
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taxon name
Anthocharis midea
taxon rank
species
Commons gallery
Anthocharis midea
taxon common name
Falcate Orangetip
Commons category
Anthocharis midea
short name
A. midea
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