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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: cryptolestes ferrugineus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera cucujidae rusty grain beetle AG stored cereals

Active Ingredient: malathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 121755 Shaugnessy Code: 57701

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5499 1993 Unspecified
United Kingdom Wilson, M. (1993). Malathion - Specific Resistance in the Flat Grain Beetle. Resistant Pest Management Newsletter, 5 8-9.
G11766 1990
Lab selected after field-evolved resistance**

England White, N.D.G., and Bell, R.J. (1990). Relative fitness of a malathion-resistant strain of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) when development and oviposition occur in malathion-treated and untreated wheat kernels. Journal of Stored Products Research, 26 23-27.
G2189 1974 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia--
Northern Territory
(1974). Recommended methods for the detection and measurement of resistance of agricultural pests to pesticides. Tentative method for adults of some major beetle pests of stored cereals with malathion or lindane.. FAO 1974. FAO Method No. 15. FAO Plant Prot. Bull., 22 127-37.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.