Shield defense of a larval tortoise beetle

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 549-566

  Vencl, Fredric V ^a,b   Morton, Timothy C ^c   Mumma, Ralph O ^d   Schultz, Jack C ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lema trilinea; Plagiometriona clavata; Solanum; Steroidal

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; FATTY ACID; PHYTOL; SAPONIN;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; GLYCOSYLATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PROTECTION;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICA SUBSERICEA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEMA; LEMA TRILINEA; PLAGIOMETRIONA; PLAGIOMETRIONA CLAVATA; SOLANUM; SOLONUM; SOLONUM DULCAMARA;

EID: 0033065992     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020905920952     Document Type: Article

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