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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: phthorimaea operculella

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
lepidoptera gelechiidae potato tuberworm AG potato, tobacco, tomato

Active Ingredient: TDE

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 72-54-8 Shaugnessy Code: 29101

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G894 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia--
Queensland
Champ, B. R., and Shephard, R. C. H. (1965). Insecticide resistance in Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.) with particular reference to DDT.. Queensland J. Agri. Anim. Sci., 22 69-81.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.