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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: spodoptera litura

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae mediterranean climbing cutworm AG Tobacco

Active Ingredient: pyrethrins

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 8003347 Shaugnessy Code: 69000

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4228 1984 Field Evolved Resistance
India Ramakrishnan, J., Saxena, V. S. and Dhingra, S. (1984). Insecticide resistance in the population of Spodoptera litura in Andhra Pradesh, India.. Pesticides (Bombay), 18 23-27.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.