Environmental Entomology (1985) 14, 859-863

C.A. Gunderson, J.H. Samuelian, C.K. Evans and L.B. Brattsten (1985)
Effects of the mint monoterpene pulegone on Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Environmental Entomology 14 (6), 859-863
Abstract: Last-instar southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Cramer), larvae fed on diets containing up to 0.1% of pulegone developed into reproducing adults. A 0.2% pulegone-containing diet retarded development and inhibited reproduction. Last-instar larvae accepted a single small meal loaded with up to 4% pulegone, which was acutely toxic to them only at concentrations far exceeding those occurring naturally and those rejected in feeding tests. Pulegone is an effective defensive chemical due to its interference with feeding behavior, development, and reproduction, not because of its acute toxicity.
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Database assignments for author(s): Lena B. Brattsten

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Spodoptera eridania