title: D-(+)-Pinitol, an oviposition stimulant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly,Battus philenor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Corson Hall, 14853, Ithaca, New York.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Papaj
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feeny
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sachdev-Gupta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenberry