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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex gelidus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae frosty mosquito MED

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
G6430 2000 Unspecified
Sri Lanka Karunaratne, S.H.P.P., and J. Hemingway. (2000). Insecticide resistance spectra and resistance mechanims in populations of Japanese encephalitis vector mosquitoes, Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Cx. gelidus, in Sri Lanka. Medical and Veterinarial Entomology, 14 430-436.
G3746 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Bangladesh WHO 1980. (1980).
G3522 1979 Field Evolved Resistance
India Roy, R. G. and Samson, F. (1979). Results of insecticide susceptibility tests with Culex gelidus in Bangalore city.. Indian J. Med. Res., 70 714-17.
G3138 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Thailand WHO 1976. (1976).
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.