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cryptolestes ferrugineus

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Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
coleoptera cucujidae rusty grain beetle AG stored cereals

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. malathion (#3)
  2. phosphine (#10)

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 Wilson, M. (1993). Malathion - Specific Resistance in the Flat Grain Beetle. Resistant Pest Management Newsletter, 5 8-9.
2 (1974). Recommended methods for the detection and measurement of resistance of agricultural pests to pesticides. Tentative method for adults of some major beetle pests of stored cereals with malathion or lindane.. FAO 1974. FAO Method No. 15. FAO Plant Prot. Bull., 22 127-37.
3 White, N.D.G., and Bell, R.J. (1990). Relative fitness of a malathion-resistant strain of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) when development and oviposition occur in malathion-treated and untreated wheat kernels. Journal of Stored Products Research, 26 23-27.
4 Nayak, M., Holloway, J., Emery, R., Pavic, H., Bartlet, J., and Collins, P. (2012). Strong resistance to phosphine in the rusty grain beetle, Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae): its characterisation, a rapid assay for diagnosis and its distribution in Australia. Pest Management Science, 69 48-53.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 154 -- United Kingdom -- 4
2 196 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- 4
3 3437 -- England -- 4
4 5426 -- Australia -- 4

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