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Dear Users:

We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: musca domestica

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

Active Ingredient: methoprene

MOA: Juvenile hormone mimics, Juvenile hormone analogues
Group: JHM CAS #: 40596698 Shaugnessy Code: 105401

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G12974 2003
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

Denmark Kristensen M., and Jespersen J. B. (2003). Larvicide Resistance in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) Populations in Denmark and Establishment of Resistant Laboratory Strains. Journal of Economic Entomology, 96 (4) 1300-1306.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.