3. 
Body with a yellow middorsal stripe; proleg-bearing segments with 
yellowish or whitish pigmented band, discontinuous shortly posterior 
to the spiracle (A). 
(nae 
ie paced 
Nee 
A 
Europe and North America. 
Hosts: Cabbage, cauliflower, and mustard. Pieris rapae (L.) 
Body without a middorsal stripe; proleg-bearing segments with a whitish 
or yellowish pigmentation enclosing the spiracle (A). 
a 
C 
Europe and North America. 
Hosts: Mustard and turnip. Pieris napi (L.) 
Family LYCAENIDAE 
Head retractile, usually drawn 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. ) 
=s103— 
