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phenolic acetogenins secreted by rhododendron lace bug,stephanitis rhododendri horvath (hemiptera: tingidae).

nymphs of the rhododendron lace bug produce from specialized setae a liquid secretion from which a number of related acetogenins have been identified. two (2,6-dihydroxyphenyl)-1,3-diketones are the principal components and are accompanied by the corresponding chromones as well as by chromones bearing an additional phenolic oxygen.