Polyunsaturated hydrocarbons in the hemolymph: Biosynthetic precursors of epoxy pheromones of geometrid and arctiid moths

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-405

  Wei, W ^a   Miyamoto, T ^a   Endo, M ^a   Murakawa, T ^a   Pu, G Q ^b   Ando, T ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(Z,Z) 6,9 dienes; (Z,Z,Z) 3,6,9 trienes; Arctiidae; Cuticle; Epoxydienes; GC MS analysis; Geometridae; Hemolymph; Lepidoptera; Lipophorin; Oenocyte; Sex pheromone biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; SELENARIA; SPILOSOMA;

EID: 0037383301     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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