Similarity of cuticular lipids between a caterpillar and its host plant: A way to make prey undetectable for predatory ants?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2551-2561

  Henrique, Augusto ^a   Portugal, Arantes ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Camponotus crassus; Chemical camouflage; Chemical defense; Chemical mimicry; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Formicidae; Ithomiinae; Mechanitis polymnia; Solanaceae; Solanum tabacifolium

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CRYPSIS; CUTICLE; HOST PLANT; MIMICRY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; LARVA; LIPIDS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CAMPONOTUS CRASSUS; DANAINAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MECHANITIS POLYMNIA; NOCTUIDAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POLYMNIA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 27744499952     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-7613-y     Document Type: Article

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