Mandelonitrile in larval secretion of mountain ash sawfly,Pristiphora geniculata (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
R M Duffield1, A Shafagati, E W Riddick
1Department of Zoology, Howard University, 20059, Washington, DC.
Journal of Chemical Ecology
|November 23, 2013
Abstract:
The larval defensive secretion of the mountain ash sawfly,Pristiphora geniculata, contains seven volatile components. They include benz-aldehyde, borneol, bornyl acetate, mandelonitrile, and C14, C16, and C18 acetates.


