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A Rutaceae-feeding swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L., feeds on various rutaceous plants but always rejects Orixa japonica Thunb. (Rutaceae). Females were strongly deterred from laying eggs by a methanolic extract of O. japonica leaves. Larvae also rejected a diet leaf medium impregnated with O. japonica leaf extracts. Several components in the water-soluble fraction of the leaf extract were found to deter both oviposition and feeding responses. Two major deterrent compounds were characterized as 5-{[2-O-(β-D-apiofuranosyl)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]oxy}-2-hydroxybenzoic acid and a disyringoyl aldaric acid. These compounds induced potent deterrence of both oviposition and larval feeding by P. xuthus, which suggests a congruent chemosensory mechanism of allomonal chemicals acting on both female tarsal chemoreceptors and larval maxillary taste receptors.
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Ono, H., Kuwahara, Y. & Nishida, R. Hydroxybenzoic Acid Derivatives in a Nonhost Rutaceous Plant, Orixa japonica, Deter Both Oviposition and Larval Feeding in a Rutaceae-Feeding Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio xuthus L.. J Chem Ecol 30, 287–301 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000017978.73061.a0
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