Green colouration of cocoons in Antheraea yamamai (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): Light-induced production of blue bilin in the larval haemolymph

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 393-401

  Yamada, Hiromi ^a   Kato, Yoshiomi ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antheraea yamamai; Cocoon colouration; Light induced bilin; Sarpedobilin; Saturniid moth

Indexed keywords

BILE PIGMENT;

COCOON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BILE PIGMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LIGHT; MOTHS; PIGMENTATION; PUPA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

ANTHERAEA; ANTHERAEA YAMAMAI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 2342451255     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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