Madeiran Large White vs Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Madeiran Large White Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner
Scientific Name Pieris brassicae wollastoni Cameraria ohridella
Order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera
Family Pieridae Gracillariidae
Size 5-6 cm wingspan 7-8 mm wingspan
Habitat Forests Underground
Diet Herbivores Herbivores
Regions Portugal Originally Balkans, now across Europe
Conservation Critically Endangered Least Concern

Madeiran Large White

A subspecies of the large white butterfly that was endemic to Madeira. It has not been reliably recorded since the 1970s and may be extinct.

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Did You Know?

Pesticide use and introduced parasitoid wasps are believed to have driven it to the brink of extinction.

Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner

A tiny moth that has devastated horse chestnut trees across Europe since its discovery in 1985. Larvae mine inside leaves causing brown blotches. Spread with extraordinary speed across the continent.

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Did You Know?

Spread across the entire European continent in just 20 years, one of the fastest insect invasions ever recorded.