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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: aedes albopictus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae asian tiger mosquito, forest day mosquito MED human

Active Ingredient: cypermethrin-alpha

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 67375308 Shaugnessy Code: 209600

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G19845 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Veneto
Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19846 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Emilia Romagna
Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19847 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Liguria
Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19848 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Lazio
Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19849 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Puglia
Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19850 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Sicily
Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19851 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Italy--
Sicily
Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19852 2017 Field Evolved Resistance
Albania Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
G19853 2017
Lab selected*

Greece Pichler, V., Bellini, R., Veronesi, R., Arnoldi, D., Rizzoli, A., Lia, R.P., Otranto D., Montarsi, F., Carlin, S., Ballardini, M., Antognini, E., Salvemini, M., Brianti, E., Gaglio, G., Manica, M., Cobre, P., Serini, P., Velo, E., Vontas, J., Kioulos, I.,. (2017). First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion. Pest Management Science.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.