Host-plant pyrrolizidine alkaloids inNyctemera annulata Boisduval: Their persistence through the life-cycle and transfer to a parasite |
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Authors: | M Benn J DeGrave C Gnanasunderam R Hutchins |
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Institution: | (1) Entomology Division, DSIR, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand;(2) Present address: Chemistry Department, The University, T2N 1N4 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Abstract: | Summary Larvae ofNyctemera annulata Boisduval ingest pyrrolizidine alkaloids fromSenecio spathulatus A. Rich. which subsequently appear in the adult months and their eggs; the acquisition of the alkaloids by a parasite of theN. annulata larvae provides a further illustration of their ability to persist in insects.Acknowledgments. We thank Dr R. Yamdagni of the Chemistry Department, University of Calgary, Canada, and Dr O. Madsen of the Organic Chemistry Department, The Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, for much help with the MS data collection. We are also very grateful to Dr C.C.J. Culvenor, CSIRO Animal Health Lab., Parkville, Victoria, Australia, who most generously provided us with authentic reference specimens of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. |
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