Characterizing the pigment composition of a variable warning signal of Parasemia plantaginis larvae

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 759-766

  Lindstedt, Carita ^a   Morehouse, Nathan ^b,c   Pakkanen, Hannu ^a   Casas, Jerome ^b   Christides, Jean Philippe ^b   Kemppainen, Kimmo ^a   Lindström, Leena ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Arctiidae; Flavonoids; Insects; Melanins; Warning colours

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; CAROTENOID; COLOR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DIET; LARVA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOTH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SIGNAL; SOLUBILITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; ARCTIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 78751658632     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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