Male sex pheromone of a giant danaine butterfly, Idea leuconoe

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 949-972

  Nishida, R ^a   Schulz, S ^b   Kim, C S ^c   Fukami, H ^d   Kuwahara, Y ^a   Honda, K ^e   Hayashi, N ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Danainae; defense; hairpencil; Idea leuconoe; Lepidoptera; mellein; Parsonsia laevigata; pheromone; pyrrolizidine alkaloid

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; DANAINAE; IDEA LEUCONOE; LEPIDOPTERA; LEUCONOE; PARSONSIA;

EID: 0029949596     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02029947     Document Type: Article

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