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Pieris rapae
Cabbage Cab"bage (k[a^]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chief, Cape.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. 2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below. 3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. Cabbage aphis (Zo["o]l.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassic[ae]) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. Cabbage beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. Cabbage butterfly (Zo["o]l.), a white butterfly (Pieris rap[ae] of both Europe and America, and the allied P. oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See Cabbage worm, below. Cabbage fly (Zo["o]l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassic[ae]), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. Cabbage worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See Cabbage butterfly, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larv[ae] of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b) . The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.

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- the small white (pieris rapae) is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the yellows-and-whites family pieridae . it is also
- diaeretiella rapae is a cosmopolitan parasitoid of many species of aphid s, but especially the cabbage aphid, brevicoryne brassicae .
- stangeia rapae is a moth of the pterophoridae family that is found in french polynesia (rapa island. the wingspan is 13 , 16 , mm.
- cercosporella rapistri cylindrosporium brassicae cylindrosporium capsellae cylindrosporium nesliae mycosphaerella capsellae ramularia rapae
- the larva e (caterpillar s) of a few of these species, such as pieris brassicae and pieris rapae , commonly seen in gardens, feed on
- pieris rapae , a butterfly commonly known as the cabbage, cabbage white, or small white. small white (pig), an extinct breed of domestic pig
- professor erik poelman of wageningen university studied hyperparasitoidism on pieris rapae , the small cabbage white butterfly.
- jpg , pieris rapae larva image:christianbauer pieris rapae caterpiller2. jpg , pieris rapae pupa image:christianbauer pieris rapae cocoon
- pieris rapae – small white. pieris virginiensis – west virginia white butterfly. sara's orangetip southern rocky mountain orangetip
- the hedge-mustard is food for the caterpillar s of some lepidoptera , such as the small white (pieris rapae). uses in food: this plant is