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Another form of Acylsugars is the Western Flower Thrips (WFT). In particular this flower has shown to distract herbivorous insect pests against thrips damage.

Ben-Mahmoud, S, et al. “Acylsugar Amount and Fatty Acid Profile Differentially Suppress Oviposition by Western Flower Thrips, Frankliniella Occidentalis, on Tomato and Interspecific Hybrid Flowers.” Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports., U.S. National Library of Medicine, 31 July 2018, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30063755.