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The active substance of the larval defensive secretion of the Japanese chrysomelid beetles,Gastrophysa atrocyanea Motschulsky andPhaedon brassicae Baly was identified as chrysomelidial.
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This is report No. 2 of the “Defensive Secretion of Chrysomelid Beetles,” Report No. 1 is Sugawara et al. (1978).
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Sugawara, F., Matsuda, K., Kobayashi, A. et al. Defensive secretion of chrysomelid larvaeGastrophysa atrocyanea Motschulsky andPhaedon brassicae Baly. J Chem Ecol 5, 635–641 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986548
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