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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: cosmopolites sordidus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera curculionidae banana root borer, banana weevil AG banana

Active Ingredient: heptachlor

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 76-44-8 Shaugnessy Code: 44801

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3504 1979 Field Evolved Resistance
Brazil Mello, E. J. R., Mello, R. H. and Sampaio, A. S. (1979). Resistencia ao aldrin em brocas da bananeira, Cosmopolites sordidus Germ., do litoral paulista.. Biologie (Brazil), 45 249-54.
G1965 1972 Field Evolved Resistance
Ecuador Sotomayer, B. (1972). Resistencia de Cosmopolites sordidus Germ a los compuestos organochlorados en el Ecuador.. Rev. Peru. Entomol., 15 169-75.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.