Imported cabbageworm

[Hugh Wilson]

Queried the ITIS system at:

http://www.itis.usda.gov/itis/itis_query.html

with various wildcard combinations of 'cabbage' and 'cabbageworm'
with no luck but 'imported cabbageworm' returns:

ITIS Database Query

Thu Nov 19 1998 07:32:22 MST

Scientific Name:

Pieris rapae

Vernacular Name: imported cabbageworm
TSN: 188541
Author: (Linnaeus)
Rank: Species
Usage: valid
Credibility rating:
No review; untreated NODC data
Synonym Name: (none)
Synonym TSN: (none)

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On 16 Nov 98 at 10:54, Claude Godin <godinc at EM.AGR.CA> wrote:

> Date:          Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:54:49 -0500
> Reply-to:      Claude Godin <godinc at EM.AGR.CA>
> From:          Claude Godin <godinc at EM.AGR.CA>
> Subject:       Imported cabbageworm
> To:            Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM

> Dear all,
>
> Can someone tell me the correct scientific name(s) to use for this commo=
n white butterfly called the imported cabbageworm?
> In both ESA and ESC lists of common names, it is Pieris rapae (L.). Howe=
ver, Artogeia rapae (L.) is found in many published papers, too. Is it sti=
ll acceptable to use this latter name?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Sylvain C=F4t=E9
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Hugh D. Wilson
Texas A&M University - Biology
h-wilson at tamu.edu (409-845-3354)
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/homepage.html