Sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by larvae of Tellervo zoilus (Lepidoptera: Ithomiinae) and their role in the chemical protection of adults against the spider Nephila maculata (Araneidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 68-73

  Orr, Albert G ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^b   Witte, Ludger ^c   Hartmann, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Araneae; Chemical defense; Danainae; Danaus affinis; Euploea core; Ithomiinae; Lycop samine; Nephila maculata; Parsonsia straminea; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Sequestration of secondary compounds; Tellervo zoilus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002065113     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239483     Document Type: Article

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