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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex tritaeniorhynchus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae 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
G6425 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.
G4682 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
India WHO 1986. (1986).
G4683 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Thailand WHO 1986. (1986).
G3802 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Bangladesh WHO 1980. (1980).
G3803 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
China WHO 1980. (1980).
G3175 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Benin WHO 1976. (1976).
G3176 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Japan WHO 1976. (1976).
G3177 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Nigeria WHO 1976. (1976).
G3178 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
South Korea WHO 1976. (1976).
G3179 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Taiwan WHO 1976. (1976).
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.