Faecal shield chemical defence is not important in larvae of the tortoise beetle Chelymorpha reimoseri (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini)

Chemoecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-66

  Bottcher, Alexandra ^a   Zolin, Jorge Paulo ^a   Nogueira de Sá, Flávia ^a,b   Trigo, José Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Camponotus crassus; Convolvulaceae; Gallus gallus domesticus; Ipomoea carnea fistulosa; Leaf beetles; Predation

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS CRASSUS; CASSIDINAE; CHELYMORPHA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONVOLVULACEAE; FORMICIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA CARNEA FISTULOSA;

EID: 62949163455     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-009-0006-x     Document Type: Article

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