(Sulzer, 1776)
Italian Marbled White
Description:
The Italian Marbled White occurs locally in small populations. It occurs in rocky, calcareous places on patches of dry, grassy vegetation among loose thickets of Prickly Juneper (Juneperus oxycedrus), Rosa sempervirens, the bramble Rubus ulmifolius, and Thymus capitatus, with a few scattered trees.
The caterpillars feed on grasses such as Feather Grass (Stipa pinnata), and the false-brome Brachypodium retusum.
The Italian Marbled White has one generation a year, and only flies for three weeks per year in any one location.
Habitat:
Dry calcareous grasslands
Similar species:
Unmistakable