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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: pseudoplusia includens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae soybean looper AG soybean

Active Ingredient: cypermethrin

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 52315078 Shaugnessy Code: 109702

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5737 1996 Unspecified
USA Thomas, J.D., J.A. Ottea, D.J. Boethel, and S. Ibrahim. (1996). Factors influencing pyrethroid resistance in a permethrin selected strain of the soybean looper, Pseudoplusia includens. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 55 1-9.
G5255 1990 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Mississippi
Felland, C. M., Pitre, H. N., Luttrel, R. G. and Hamer, J. L. (1990). Resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in soybean looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Mississippi.. J. Econ. Entomol., 83 35-40.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.