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d-(+)-Pinitol, an oviposition stimulant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly,Battus philenor

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Oviposition by females of the pipevine swallowtail butterfly,Battus philenor, was stimulated by contact with alcoholic extracts of host foliage.d-(+)-Pinitol was isolated and identified from leaf material of one host species,Aristolochia macrophylla (Aristolochiaceae). In combination with chloroform-soluble components of host leaf material, this compound was comparable to the parent extract in stimulating oviposition.

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Papaj, D.R., Feeny, P., Sachdev-Gupta, K. et al. d-(+)-Pinitol, an oviposition stimulant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly,Battus philenor . J Chem Ecol 18, 799–815 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00994616

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