pieris brassicae การใช้

• The large white butterfly ( " Pieris brassicae " ) is prevalent in eastern European countries.
• The Madeiran Large White ( " Pieris brassicae wollastoni " ), a subspecies of the Large White from Madeira, is possible extinct.
• They are greyish-greenish, with black dots and broad yellow stripes, quite similar to the larva of the cabbage butterfly ( " Pieris brassicae " ).
• The nature of the glue has been little researched but in the case of " Pieris brassicae ", it begins as a pale yellow granular secretion containing acidophilic proteins.
• Larvae are often found on the same individual host plant as caterpillars of " Euchloe ", " Pieris rapae " and " Pieris brassicae ".
• It can parasitize a wide range of " Pieris " butterfly species as host, but " Pieris brassicae " and " Pieris rapae " are the main hosts.
• The larvae ( caterpillars ) of a few of these species, such as " Pieris brassicae " and " Pieris rapae ", commonly seen in gardens, feed on brassicas, and are notorious agricultural pests.
• Glucobrassicin is also known to be a highly active egg-laying stimulant of cabbage white butterflies such as the small white ( " Pieris rapae " ) and the large white ( " Pieris brassicae " ).
• In Europe, it is host to the caterpillars of several butterfly species, including the Orange Tip " Anthocharis cardamines ", Large White " Pieris brassicae ", Small White " Pieris rapae ", and moths, such as " Plutella porrectella ".
• Use of Photorhabdus species alone as biopesticide, independent of its nematode symbiont, against the cabbage white butterfly, " Pieris brassicae ", mango mealy bug, " Drosicha mangiferae " and the pupae of the diamond back moth, " Plutella xylostella " has been demonstrated successful.