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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: epiphyas postvittana

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera tortricidae lightbrown applemoth AG apple

Active Ingredient: DDT

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: OCL CAS #: 50293 Shaugnessy Code: 29201

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G525 1964 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia--
Tasmania
Kerr, R. W. (1964). Note on arthropod resistance to chemicals used in their control in Australia.. J. Aust. Inst. Agric. Sci., 30 33-38.
G426 1963 Field Evolved Resistance
New Zealand Smith, A.G. (1963). In: Brown 1971.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.