Open AccessTHE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF A COSSID LARVAL SECRETION (LEPIDOPTERA)
Author(s) -
Brown W. V.,
Moore B. P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00140.x
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , biology , larva , rothschild , secretion , composition (language) , botany , zoology , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , history
The prepupation larval secretion of the cossid moth Xyleutes boisduvali Rothschild is composed largely of a series of 3‐hydroxy unsaturated fatty acids, several of which have been identified.