Defensive alkaloid in blood of Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis)
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 42 (2) , 204-207
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01952471
Abstract
The blood of the Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis) contains a homotropane alkaloid, euphococcinine (1). The beetles ‘reflex bleed’ when disturbed, thereby deploying the alkaloid, which is provenly deterrent to spiders and ants. Newly emerged adults lack the alkaloid, but the compound builds up to deterrent levels in their blood within days. Eggs and larvae ofEpilachna are devoid of the compound.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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