Brrrrrrrrownsville - 1/13/01

[Mike Quinn]

Hi Mark,
 
Did you happen to document the P. rapae? It's actually rather uncommon in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
 
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/778.htm
 
Other possibilities include:
 
Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/765.htm
 
Giant White (Ganyra josephina)
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/772.htm
 
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Mike Quinn
Invertebrate Biologist
Wildlife Diversity Branch
Texas Parks & Wildlife
3000 IH 35 South, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78704
Ph/Fax: 512/912-7059, -7058
mike.quinn at tpwd.state.tx.us
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Walker [mailto:MWalker at gensym.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:10 PM
> To: 'leps-l at lists.yale.edu'
> Subject: Brrrrrrrrownsville - 1/13/01
>
>
> Here's the [abbreviated]list:
>
> Pontia protodice (Checkered White)
> Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)
>
> Mark Walker
> still raining in Houston, TX
>
>
 
 
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