Diet-induced chemical phytomimesis by twig-like caterpillars of Biston robustum Butler (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 165-174

  Akino, Toshiharu ^a   Nakamura, Ken Ichi ^b,c   Wakamura, Sadao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropol Forest Exp Station   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropol Tama Environ Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biston robustum; Camellia japonica; Castanopsis cuspidata; Chemical phytomimesis; Prunus yedoensis

Indexed keywords

BISTON; CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA JAPONICA; CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATA; CHRYSOLEPIS; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; JAPONICA; LASIUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS X YEDOENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 6344265684     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-004-0274-4     Document Type: Article

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