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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: ctenocephalides canis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
siphonaptera pulicidae dog flea MED dog, human

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
G3887 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Guyana WHO 1980. (1980).
G1914 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
French Guiana Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G1915 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
Cambodia Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G1916 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Hawaii
Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G1918 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
USA Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G978 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia--
New South Wales
Hely, P.C. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.