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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: lucilia cuprina

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera calliphoridae australian sheep blowfly MED cattle, sheep

Active Ingredient: BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G465 1964 Field Evolved Resistance
South Africa Guneidy, A. M. and Busvine J. R. (1964). Genetical studies on dieldrin resistance in Musca domestica L.. and Lucilia cuprina (Wied.). Bull. Emtomol. Res., 55 499-507.
G146 1958 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia Shanahan, G. J. (1958). Resistance to dieldrin in Lucilia cuprina Wied., the Australian sheep blowfly.. Nature (Lond.), 181 860-61.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.