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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: spodoptera littoralis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera noctuidae egyptian cotton leafworm, army worm AG alfalfa, cotton, potato, vegetables

Active Ingredient: methomyl

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Carbamates
Group: CAR CAS #: 16752775 Shaugnessy Code: 90301

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5830 1997 Unspecified
Egypt Smafhe, G., and D. Degheele. (1997). Comparitive toxicity and tolerance for the ecdysteroid mimic tebufenozide in a laboratory and field strain of cotton leafworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 90(2) 278-282.
G4327 1985 Field Evolved Resistance
Egypt Shaaban, A. M., Abo-Elghar, M. R., Abdel-Mohymen, M. R. and El-Malla, M. A. (1985). Resistance of the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis to certain insecticides.. Z. Pflkrankh. Pflanzenschutz., 92 69-75.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.