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Pieris virginiensis — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Pieris virginiensis

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae

Roles: habitat component

ITIS TSN: 777779

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 8 | Mentions: 8

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Knowledge graph centered on Pieris virginiensis with 71 nodes and 191 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Asteraceae, Lepidoptera, aquatic insects, phenotypic plasticity.

Publications (8)

Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant

2024Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

Novel host unmasks heritable variation in plant preference within an insect population

2022EvolutionRole: text_match

The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

2021Genome Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

Experience may outweigh cue similarity in maintaining a persistent host plant-based evolutionary trap.

2020Ecological Monographs. doi 10.1002/ecm.1412Role: text_match

Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: text_match

The persistent maladaptation of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i>: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

2019Role: habitat component

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i> on the invasive mustard <i>Thlaspi arvense</i>

2016Role: text_match

Co-occurring Species

Pieris napi

Pieridae8 shared papers

Lepidoptera

8 shared papers

Alliaria petiolata

Brassicaceae7 shared papers

Pieris macdunnoughii

Pieridae7 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae7 shared papers

non-native plants

7 shared papers

Pieris rapae

Pieridae7 shared papers

Thlaspi

Brassicaceae6 shared papers

Cardamine cordifolia

Brassicaceae6 shared papers

Thlaspi arvense

Brassicaceae6 shared papers

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The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2006Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match