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culex pipiens molestus

Profile

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

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. chlorpyrifos
  2. chlorpyrifos-methyl
  3. diazinon
  4. dichlorvos
  5. etofenprox (#4)
  6. fenitrothion
  7. fenthion
  8. malathion
  9. permethrin
  10. phenothrin
  11. propetamphos
  12. temephos

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 Kawakami, J. (1989). Insecticide resistance of Culex pipiens molestus Forskal collected in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.. Tech. Res. Lab., Ikari Disinfection Corp., Chibadera-cho, Chiba, Japan.
2 Kasai, Shinji, Shono, Toshio, Komagata, Osamu, Tsuda, Yoshio, Kobayashi, Mutsuo, Motoki, Mitsugu, Kashima, Ichiro, Tanikawa, Tsutomu, Yoshida, Masahiro, Tanaka, Ikuo, Shinjo, Goro, Hasimoto, Tomoyuki, Ishikawa, Takeshi, Takahashi, Tomoya, Higa, Yukiko, an. (2007). Insecticide Resistance in Potential Vector Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Japan. Journal of Medical Entomology, 44(5) 822-829.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 79 -- Japan -- 4
2 1286 -- Japan -- Kanto -- Tokyo -- Shibuyaku -- 4
3 1287 -- Japan -- Kanto -- Tokyo -- Shinjukuku -- 4
4 1288 -- Japan -- Kanto -- Tokyo -- Chiyodaku -- 4
5 1289 -- Japan -- Kanto -- Chiba -- Chiba -- 4

Other Reference

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