Laboratory evaluation of a juvenile hormone mimic, pyriproxyfen, against Chironomus fusciceps (diptera: chironomidae)
Takagi, M.; Tsuda, Y.; Wada, Y.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 11(4): 474-475
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 8825512 Document Number: 441018
The efficacy of the insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen, against C. fusciceps was examined in the laboratory. A series of 6 concentrations (0.1-0.00001 ppm) was used. A positive relationship between mortality and concentration was observed in the pupal stage as well as in the larval stage. Pyriproxyfen caused 50 and 90% emergence inhibition of C. fusciceps at 0.00177 and 0.053669 ppm, respectively.