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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: hypera postica

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera curculionidae alfalfa weevil AG alfalfa

Active Ingredient: lindane

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 58-89-9 Shaugnessy Code: 9001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1508 1969 Field Evolved Resistance
Armenia Mardzhanyan, G. M., Ust Yan, A. K. and Manukya, Z. S. (1969). Population changes of the alfalfa weevil Phytonomus variables (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in relation to its resistance to BHC in the Ararat Valley of Armenia.. Entomol. Obozrenie, 48 755-60.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.