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BAC wrote:

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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It is NOT incorrect to use the term with either of its common meanings.

It IS incorrect to use the term as a synonym for the genus Pieris.

Especially as the Orange-tip, Clouded Yellow and Brimstone are pieridae,
but not 'cabbage whites'.

Yes, but not Pieris. However, I have heard the orange-tip referred
to as a cabbage white, and that is a reasonable use (given that the
term "cabbage" is applied more generally than to just brassica).
A very loose use, true, but then the term is a loose one.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.