An unexpected mixture of substances in the defensive secretions of the tubuliferan thrips, Callococcithrips fuscipennis (Moulton)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 742-747

  Tschuch, Gunther ^a   Lindemann, Peter ^a   Moritz, Gerald ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetates; Alkanes; Butanoates; Callococcus acaciae; Coccoidea; Dolichodial; Eriococcidae; Hexadecyl butanoate; Hexanoates; Iridoids; Octanoates; Phlaeothripidae; Thysanoptera

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACETATE; ALKANE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; SECRETION; SHRUB; THRIPS;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG MIXTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

CALLOCOCCUS ACACIAE; COCCOIDEA; ERIOCOCCIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; KUNZEA; MYRTACEAE; MYRTALES; PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; STERNORRHYNCHA; THYSANOPTERA; TUBULIFERA;

EID: 45849096806     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9494-3     Document Type: Article

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