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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: ctenocephalides felis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
siphonaptera pulicidae cat flea MED cat, human

Active Ingredient: cypermethrin

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 52315078 Shaugnessy Code: 109702

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5074 1989 Field Evolved Resistance
USA Lemke, L.A., P.G. Koehler, and R. S. Patterson. (1989). Susceptibility of the Cat Flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) to Pyrethroids. Journal of Economic Entomology, 82(3) 839-841.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.