Pharmacophagous acquisition of clerodendrins by the turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae ruficornis) and their role in the mating behavior

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 145-150

  Amano, Takashi ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^a   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a   Fukami, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athalia rosae ruficornis; Clerodendrins; Clerodendron trichotomum; Defense substance; Feeding stimulants; Neo clerodane diterpenoids; Pharmacophagy; Sex pheromone; Tenthredinidae; Turnip sawfly; Verbenaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007492229     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050046     Document Type: Article

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