Chemical defense: Incorporation of diet-derived pyrrolizidine alkaloid into the integumental scales of a moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)

Chemoecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 199-205

  Rossini, Carmen ^a   Bezzerides, Alexander ^b   González, Andrés ^a   Eisner, Maria ^b   Eisner, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Chemical defense; Moth scales; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Spider predation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARCTIIDAE; CROTALARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA;

EID: 0347530515     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-003-0250-4     Document Type: Article

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