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blissus insularis

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
hemiptera lygaeidae southen chinch bug AG grasses

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. aldrin
  2. bifenthrin (#14)
  3. chlordane
  4. chlorpyrifos
  5. DDT
  6. diazinon
  7. dieldrin
  8. parathion
  9. pirimiphos-ethyl
  10. propoxur

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 Cherry, R., Nagata, R. (2005). Development of Resistance in Southern Chinch Bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) to the Insecticide Bifenthrin. Florida Entomologist, 88(2) 219-221.
2 Kerr, S. H. and Robinson, F. A. (1958). Chinch bug contol tests 1956-57.. Fla. Entomol., 41 97-101.
3 Kerr, S. H. (1956). Chinch bug control on lawns in Florida.. J. Econ. Entomol., 49 83-85.
4 Kerr, S.H. (1961). In: FAO 1967.
5 Reinert, J. E. and Niemczyk, H. A. (1982). Insecticidal resistance in epigeal insect pests of turfgrass.. II. Southern cinch bug resistance to organophosphates in Florida. 77-80 In: Niemczyk, H. D. and Joyner, B.
6 Reinert, J. A. and Portier, K. M. (1983). Distribution and characterization of organophosphate-resistant southern chinch bugs in Florida.. J. Econ. Entomol., 76 1187-90.
7 Vazquez, C., Royalty, R., and Buss, E. (2011). Susceptibility of Blissus insularis (Heteroptera: Hemiptera: Blissidae) populations in Florida to bifenthrin and permethrin. Florida Entomological Society, 94 571-581.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 179 -- USA -- Florida -- 4
2 731 -- USA -- Florida -- Clermont -- 4
3 732 -- USA -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- 4
4 733 -- USA -- Florida -- Key Largo -- 4
5 734 -- USA -- Florida -- Ormond Beach -- 4
6 735 -- USA -- Florida -- Palm Coast -- 4
7 736 -- USA -- Florida -- Palmetto -- 4
8 737 -- USA -- Florida -- Sarasota -- 4
9 738 -- USA -- Florida -- Spring Hill -- 4
10 4538 -- USA -- Florida -- Clermont -- 4
11 4539 -- USA -- Florida -- Winter Garden -- 4
12 4541 -- USA -- Florida -- Windermere -- 4
13 4543 -- USA -- Florida -- Orlando -- 4

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