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CHARACTERISTICS: round wings, anterior ones mainly white with brown to black spots and a discoidal mark; posterior wings with greenish matrix, irregular white patches with pearly reflexes; light and hairy body; filiform flat-tipped antennae.
DEVELOPMENT: indirect.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: present all over the country but more frequent in the interior; feeds mainly on crucifers; can be observed from March to July in a wide variety of habitats (open areas, field borders and forests, mainly oak woodlands).
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