Pyrrolizidine alkaloids mediate host-plant recognition by ovipositing females of an old world danaid butterfly, Idea leuconoe

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1703-1713

  Honda, Keiichi ^a   Hayashi, Nanao ^a   Abe, Fumiko ^b   Yamauchi, Tatsuo ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 methylparsonsianidine; Apocynaceae; Danaidae; Idea leuconoe; Lepidoptera; Oviposition stimulants; Parsonsia laevigata; Parsonsianidine; Parsonsianine; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0030850106     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006445.61545.82     Document Type: Article

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