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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: musca domestica

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera muscidae house fly MED

Active Ingredient: esfenvalerate

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G13711 2011 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Occhiobello--
Rovigo
Pezzi, M., Lanfredi, M., Chicca, M., Tedeschi, P., Brandolini, V., and Lies, M. (2011). Preliminary Evaluation of Insecticide Resistance in a Strain of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) from an Intensive Chicken Farm of Northern Italy. Journal of Environmental and Health, 46 480-485.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.