Pontia beckerii, the Becker's white, Great Basin white, or sagebrush white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in western North America from Baja California, Mexico to southern British Columbia, Canada.[1][2]
pontia, beckerii, becker, white, great, basin, white, sagebrush, white, butterfly, family, pieridae, found, western, north, america, from, baja, california, mexico, southern, british, columbia, canada, becker, white, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryo. Pontia beckerii the Becker s white Great Basin white or sagebrush white is a butterfly in the family Pieridae It is found in western North America from Baja California Mexico to southern British Columbia Canada 1 2 Becker s white Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Pieridae Genus Pontia Species P beckerii Binomial name Pontia beckerii W H Edwards 1871 Synonyms Pieris beckerii Pontieuchloia beckeri It is mostly white with small black markings females have more dark markings The species is similar to other checkered whites such as Pontia sisymbrii Pontia protodice and Pontia occidentalis 1 2 The wingspan is 33 to 48 millimeters 1 The host plants are Isomeris arborea Stanleya pinnata Brassica nigra Descurainia pinnata Sisymbrium altissimum Sisymbrium linifolium syn Schoenocrambe linifolia Lepidium perfoliatum Thelypodium sagittatum and Thelypodium laciniatum 3 References edit a b c Becker s White Butterflies of Canada a b Jim P Brock and Kenn Kaufman 2003 Butterflies of North America Houghton Mifflin New York NY ISBN 0 618 15312 8 Pontia funet fiExternal links edit nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Pontia beckerii Becker s white Butterflies and Moths of North America Pontia beckerii Becker s White nbsp This Pieridae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pontia beckerii amp oldid 1212750420, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
