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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: spodoptera littoralis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae egyptian cotton leafworm, army worm AG alfalfa, cotton, potato, vegetables

Active Ingredient: tebufenozide

MOA: Ecdysone agonist / disruptor, Diacylhydrazines
Group: DAH CAS #: 11240238 Shaugnessy Code: 129026

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5825 1997 Unspecified
Egypt Smafhe, G., and D. Degheele. (1997). Comparitive toxicity and tolerance for the ecdysteroid mimic tebufenozide in a laboratory and field strain of cotton leafworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 90(2) 278-282.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.