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Sequestration of Defensive Substances from Plants by Lepidoptera
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A number of aposematic butterfly and diurnal moth species sequester unpalatable or toxic substances from their host plants rather than manufacturing their own defensive substances. Despite a great diversity in their life histories, there are some general features in the selective utilization of plant secondary metabolites to achieve effective protection from predators. This review illustrates the biochemical, physiological, and ecological characteristics of phytochemical-based defense systems that can shed light on the evolution of the widely developed sequestering lifestyles among the Lepidoptera.
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“Specialist herbivores are known to use secondary metabolites as infochemicals (e.g.foraging cues), and some also sequester defenses to protect themselves against herbivore natural enemies (Nishida, 2002;Opitz and Müller, 2009), in analogy to the use of these chemicals as defense regulators and resistance factors in plants (Fig. 3).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nishida, R.
- Affiliations
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Nishida, Ritsuo
- ORCID
- Nishida, Ritsuo
- Venue
- Annual Review of Entomology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2002-01
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 57-92
- ISSN
- 0066-4170 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-4487
- OpenAlex
- W2155710214
- Cited by
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- References
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- FWCI
- 2.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Entomology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Keywords
- sequestration, aposematism, Lepidoptera, butterfly larvae, moth larvae, plant secondary metabolites, chemical defense, predator avoidance, host plant selection
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Ecology, Biological Evolution, Lepidoptera, Plants, Predatory Behavior
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