Zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) butterflies are stimulated to oviposit by a single
compound, 3-caffeoyl-muco-quinic acid (1). Analysis of the aqueous extracts of the leaves of …

The 5 species of papilionids for which oviposition stimulants were demonstrated in food-
plant extracts included Papilio xuthus L., for which a stimulant was separated from summer …

In laboratory· bioassays gravid female codling moths (Laspeyresia pomonella) were
stimulated to oviposit by natural α-farnesene, which is comprised of (E, E)-α-and (Z, E)-α …

Studies with caged gravid females of the pickleworm,[Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll.)], revealed
that leaves of yellow squash (Curcurbita pepo L.) contain small (MW< 1000), non-volatile …

Tarsal contact chemoreceptors of the black swallowtail butterfly Papilio polyxenes
(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) were stimulated with leaf‐surface extracts and ethanolic extracts …

0.05 (3.88) 5.210. 6 13.0 0.02 (1.55) 5.2107 13.0 0.01 (0.78) 6010.4 16.8 E3 0.03 (2.32)
16.610. 9 67.8 R1 0.1 (7.75) 7.410. 9 23.6 R2 0.1 (7.75) 19.21 l. 1 80.3 R3, 0.1 (7.75) …

The defensive gland (osmeterium) of the caterpillar of the papilionid butterfly Battus
polydamas secretes two sesquiterpenes (β-selinene and selin-11-en-4α-ol) not known to be …

The structure-activity relationship was investigated of compounds isolated from the eggs of
Pieris brassicae, the large white cabbage butterfly, and eight synthesized related …

A two-choice bioassay was developed to evaluate the role of host-plant berry compounds on
the oviposition site acceptance of the generalist moth Lobesia botrana (Denis & …

Ovipositing black swallowtail butterflies, Papilio polyxenes, make their final host-selection
decisions on the basis of compounds present on the leaf surface. Little information is …