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3. Body with a yellow middorsal stripe; proleg-bearing segments with 
yellowish or whitish pigmented band, discontinuous shortly 
posterior to the spiracle (A). 

Europe end North America, 
Hosts: Cabbage, cauliflower, and mustard. Pieris rapae (L.) 
- Body without a middorsal stripes; proleg-bearing segments with a 
whitish or yellowish pigmentation enclosing the spiracle (A). 

Europe and North America. 
Hosts; Mustard and turnip. Pieris napi (L.) 
Family LYCAENIDAE 
Head retractile, usually dwawn into prothorax; body color light 
green or-with a slight pinkish tinge; spatulate lobes of abdominal 
prolegs not sclerotized along lateral margins, 
Mexico, 
Hosts: Beans and cotton (borer in green pods and bolls). 
Strymon melinus (Hbn.) 
