Skip to main content


APRD Survey

Dear Users:

We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

The APRD Team is conducting a Survey to gauge users experiences, our objective is to determine how the database enhances research, and to allow for users to provide feedback, suggestions and requests for potential improvements. Please take the anonymous survey using this link: Link to Survey

Thank you for your Participation,
David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


estigmene acrea

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera arctiidae saltmarsh caterpillar AG cotton

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. DDT
  2. endrin (#2)
  3. toxaphene (#2)

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 (1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
2 Johnston, H. G. (1960). The impact of insecticidal resistance upon the use and development of insecticides for cotton pests.. Misc. Pub. Entomol. Soc. Am., 2 41-44.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 174 -- USA -- Arizona -- 4
2 182 -- USA -- California -- 4

Other Reference

Google Search for estigmene acrea