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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex pipiens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae house mosquito MED House Mosquito

Active Ingredient: permethrin

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 52645-53-1 Shaugnessy Code: 109701

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G22323 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Malaysia--
Minden, Penang--
Ferrara
Pichler, Verena & Giammarioli, Carola & Bellini, Romeo & Veronesi, Rodolfo & Arnoldi, Daniele & Rizzoli, Annapaola & Lia, Riccardo & Otranto, Domenico & Ballardini, Marco & Cobre, Pietro & Serini, Paola & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2022). First evidence of pyrethroid resistance in Italian populations of West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens.. Medical and Veterinary Entomology., 36.
G22324 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Malaysia--
Minden, Penang--
Ferrara
Pichler, Verena & Giammarioli, Carola & Bellini, Romeo & Veronesi, Rodolfo & Arnoldi, Daniele & Rizzoli, Annapaola & Lia, Riccardo & Otranto, Domenico & Ballardini, Marco & Cobre, Pietro & Serini, Paola & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2022). First evidence of pyrethroid resistance in Italian populations of West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens.. Medical and Veterinary Entomology., 36.
G9845 2009 Unspecified
Turkey--
Ankara
Akiner, M.M., Simsek, F.M., Caglar, S.S. (2009). Insectice Resistance of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in Turkey. Journal of Pesticide Science, 34 259-264.
G9848 2009 Field Evolved Resistance
Turkey--
Antalya
Akiner, M.M., Simsek, F.M., Caglar, S.S. (2009). Insectice Resistance of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in Turkey. Journal of Pesticide Science, 34 259-264.
G22325 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Malaysia--
Minden, Penang--
Ferrara
Pichler, Verena & Giammarioli, Carola & Bellini, Romeo & Veronesi, Rodolfo & Arnoldi, Daniele & Rizzoli, Annapaola & Lia, Riccardo & Otranto, Domenico & Ballardini, Marco & Cobre, Pietro & Serini, Paola & della Torre, Alessandra & Caputo, Beniamino. (2022). First evidence of pyrethroid resistance in Italian populations of West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens.. Medical and Veterinary Entomology., 36.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.