| Becker's white | |
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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) | |
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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]
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]
