Host plant adaptations in myrtaceous-feeding Pergid sawflies: Essential oils and the morphology and behaviour of Pergagrapta larvae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Pergidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-26

  Schmidt, S ^a   Walter, G H ^a   Moore, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

1,8 cineole; Gas chromatography; Hydroxycineole; Melaleuca quinquenervia; Metabolism; Morphological adaptation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING MECHANISM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; MYRTACEAE; PERGAGRAPTA; PERGIDAE; SYMPHYTA;

EID: 0033865852     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0364     Document Type: Article

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