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HYDROGEN CYANIDE IN THE DEFENSIVE SECRETIONS OF LARVAL PAROPSINI (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)

Australian Journal of Entomology (1967) 6(1) 36-38
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1967.tb02135.x
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Hydrogen cyanide, benzaldehyde and glucose have been identified as components of the larval defensive secretion in three species of leaf beetles, belonging to the genera Paropsis and Chrysophtharta. These substances, which at some stage may have been combined in the form of a glycoside, are apparently synthesized by the insects, rather than derived directly from the food plant. Copyright © 1967, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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Moore, B. P. (1967). HYDROGEN CYANIDE IN THE DEFENSIVE SECRETIONS OF LARVAL PAROPSINI (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE). Australian Journal of Entomology, 6(1), 36–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1967.tb02135.x

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