Constituents of osmeterial secretion of pre-final instar larvae of citrus swallowtail, Papilio demodocus (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

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dc.contributor.authorBurger B.V.
dc.contributor.authorMunro Z.
dc.contributor.authorRoth M.
dc.contributor.authorSpies H.S.C.
dc.contributor.authorTruter V.
dc.contributor.authorGeertsema H.
dc.contributor.authorHabich A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:59:33Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:59:33Z
dc.date.issued1985
dc.description.abstractThe defensive osmeterial secretion of pre-final instar larvae of the citrus swallowtail, Papilio demodocus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) was found to contain methyl 3-hydroxybutanoate, 3-hydroxybutanoic acid, α-pinene, myrcene, limonene, β-phellandrene, (Z)-ocimene, (E)-ocimene, β-caryophyllene, (E)-β-farnesene, and germacrene-A, as well as a further number of unidentified sesquiterpenoid constituents. The presence of germacrene-A in the secretion was inferred from the formation of β-elemene under certain GC conditions. Larvae of the second, third, and fourth instars produce qualitatively similar secretions. Remarkable quantitative differences were found between the secretions of individual larvae. These variations could not be correlated with the diet on which the larvae were fed, their sex, instar, or color form. However, in a number of larvae the two prongs of the osmeterium were found to produce quantitatively different secretions. © 1985 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Chemical Ecology
dc.identifier.citation11
dc.identifier.citation8
dc.identifier.issn980331
dc.identifier.other10.1007/BF01020678
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11243
dc.titleConstituents of osmeterial secretion of pre-final instar larvae of citrus swallowtail, Papilio demodocus (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
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