Phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) control using a residual pyrethroid insecticide
Robert, L.L.; Perich, M.J.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 11(2 Pt 1): 195-199
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 7595445 Document Number: 446954
Cyfluthrin was evaluated in the field as a residual insecticide to develop a new strategy for control of phlebotomine sandfly vectors of leishmaniasis, which live and rest inside termite mounds and animal burrows. This insecticide was evaluated as a residual spray in Baringo District, Kenya, during 1993. Termite mounds and animal burrows were treated with a cyfluthrin/corn oil mixture (1.5% a.i.) using an 8-litre hand-pumped sprayer. Treatment of animal burrows and termite mounds with cyfluthrin provided control of sandflies (11 species, of which Sergentomyia schwetzi, S. antennata, S. bedfordi and Phlebotomus martini were predominant) inside these structures for 12 weeks. Numbers of sandfly adults collected in light traps were reduced by up to 90% for 2 weeks following treatment. This indicates that cyfluthrin provides short-term area control of adult sandflies when applied to termite mounds and animal burrows.