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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: ctenocephalides felis

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

Active Ingredient: dieldrin

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 60-57-1 Shaugnessy Code: 45001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1478 1968 Field Evolved Resistance
Puerto Rico Fox, I., Rivera, G. A. and Bayona, I. G. (1968). Toxicity of six insecticides to the cat flea.. J. Econ. Entomol., 61 869-70.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.