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Arthropod Resistance Database Director


psychoda alternata

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera psycodidae trickling filter fly MED

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature
  2. DDT

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
2 Bruce, W. N. (1950). Current report on housefly resistance to insecticides.. Pest Control, 18 9-10.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 154 -- United Kingdom -- 4
2 221 -- USA -- Illinois -- 4

Other Reference

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