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APRD Survey

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: cimex lectularius

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
hemiptera cimicidae bed bug MED human

Active Ingredient: cyfluthrin-beta

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
G19401 2013
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

USA--
Virginia--
Richmond
Koganemaru, R., Miller, D., and Adelman, Z. (2013). Robust cuticular penetration resistance in the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) correlates with increased steady-state transcript levels of CPR-type cuticle protein genes. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 106 190-197.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.