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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: lucilia cuprina

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera calliphoridae australian sheep blowfly MED cattle, sheep

Active Ingredient: cyromazine

MOA: Molting disrupter, Dipteran, Cyromazine
Group: MISC CAS #: 66215278 Shaugnessy Code: 121301

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G7226 2004 Unspecified
Australia Levot, G., and N. Sales. (2004). Insect growth regulator cross-resistance studies in field- and laboratory selected strains of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedmann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 43 374-377.
G7258 2004 Unspecified
Australia Levot, G., and N. Sales. (2004). Insect growth regulator cross-resistance studies in field- and laboratory selected strains of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedmann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 43 374-377.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.