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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: bucculatrix thurberiella

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera lyonetiidae cotton leaf perforator AG cotton

Active Ingredient: toxaphene

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 8001-35-2 Shaugnessy Code: 80501

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G2583 1974 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Arizona
Ware 1974. (1974).
G239 1960 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
California
Johnston, H. G. (1960). The impact of insecticidal resistance upon the use and development of insecticides for cotton pests.. Misc. Pub. Entomol. Soc. Am., 2 41-44.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.