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culex gelidus

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae frosty mosquito MED

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature (#2)
  2. DDT (#4)
  3. malathion

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 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.
2 Roy, R. G. and Samson, F. (1979). Results of insecticide susceptibility tests with Culex gelidus in Bangalore city.. Indian J. Med. Res., 70 714-17.
3 WHO 1976. (1976).
4 WHO 1980. (1980).
5 WHO 1986. (1986).

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 12 -- Bangladesh -- 4
2 70 -- India -- 4
3 132 -- Sri Lanka -- 4
4 144 -- Thailand -- 4

Other Reference

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