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Conversion of plant-derived pyrrolizidine alkaloids into insect alkaloids

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Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships

Part of the book series: Series Entomologica ((SENT,volume 49))

Abstract

Larvae of the specialized arctiid Tyria jacobaeae L. sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) from their major host plant Senecio jacobaea L. (Asteraceae). The PAs are transferred via pupae to adults as described years ago by Rothschild et al. (1979). Plants and insects containing PAs are usually avoided by predators. Larvae and imagines are aposematically coloured to advertize their unpalatability to potential insectivores.

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  1. Institut für Pharmazeutische, Biologie der Technischen Universität, Braunschweig, Deutschland

    Andreas Biller & Thomas Hartmann

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  1. Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    S. B. J. Menken

  2. Research Institute for Plant Protection IPO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Biller, A., Hartmann, T. (1992). Conversion of plant-derived pyrrolizidine alkaloids into insect alkaloids. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_25

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