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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: tetramethrin

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 7696-12-0 Shaugnessy Code: 69003

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4904 1987 Field Evolved Resistance
Hungary Szabo, L. (1987). Insecticide resistance of houseflies (Musca domestica) on pig farms.. Magy Allatorv Lapja, 42 531-536.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.