SOYASAPONINS AS FEEDING STIMULANTS TO THE ORIENTAL CLOUDED YELLOW LARVA, COLIAS-ERATE-POLIOGRAPHUS (LEPIDOPTERA, PIERIDAE)

Authors
MATSUDA K KANEKO M KUSAKA K SHISHIDO T TAMAKI Y
Citation
K. Matsuda et al., SOYASAPONINS AS FEEDING STIMULANTS TO THE ORIENTAL CLOUDED YELLOW LARVA, COLIAS-ERATE-POLIOGRAPHUS (LEPIDOPTERA, PIERIDAE), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 33(2), 1998, pp. 255-258
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Applied Entomology and Zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036862
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
255 - 258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6862(1998)33:2<255:SAFSTT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Feeding stimulation of soyasaponins on oriental clouded yellow larva, Colias erate poliographus, which feeds on Leguminosae, was investigate d. Soyasaponin Bb showed strong feeding stimulation, and Ba and Be exh ibited moderate activity. HPLC analysis of soyasaponins revealed that the content of soyaspaonin Bb was considerably higher than those of Ba and Be. These results indicated that soyasaponin Bb acts mainly as a feeding stimulant in the host selection of soybean by oriental clouded yellow larvae. The role of soyasaponins in the host selection of orie ntal clouded yellow larva is discussed.