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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: dermestes maculatus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera dermestidae hide beetle, leather/skin beetle AG stored meat, dried fish, hides

Active Ingredient: malathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 121755 Shaugnessy Code: 57701

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G2855 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
United Kingdom Champ, B. R. and Dyte, C. E. (1976). FAO Global Survey of Pesticide Susceptibility of Stored Grain Pests, FAO Plant Production Prot.. Ser. No. 5.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.