Semiochemicals derived from pyrrolizidine alkaloids in male ithomiine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 699-713

  Schulz, Stefan ^a   Beccaloni, George ^b   Brown Jr , Keith S ^c   Boppré, Michael ^d   Freitas, André Victor Lucci ^c   Ockenfels, Peter ^d   Trigo, José Roberto ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alar fringes; Dihydropyrrolizines; Hydroxydanaidal; Ithomiinae; Ithomiolide; Male pheromones; Methyl hydroxydanaidoate; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Viridiflorin lactone

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

DANAINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 3042824012     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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