Open AccessTHE COMPARATIVE TOXICITY OF SOME INSECTICIDES TO THE POTATO MOTH PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA (ZELLER) (LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIIDAE) AND TWO OF ITS PARASITES ORGILUS LEPIDUS MUESEBECK AND COPIDOSOMA DESANTISJ ANNECKE AND MYNHARDT
Author(s) -
Keeratikasikorn M.,
Hooper G. H. S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1981.tb01052.x
Subject(s) - phthorimaea operculella , gelechiidae , biology , fenvalerate , permethrin , deltamethrin , lepidoptera genitalia , toxicology , phosalone , endosulfan , paraquat , carbofuran , botany , pesticide , agronomy , biochemistry
Of 8 insecticides tested (DDT, endosulfan, dimethoate, azinphos‐ethyl, metamidophos, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, permethrin) the pyrethroids fenvalerate and permethrin were the least selectively toxic to 2 parasites, O. lepidus and C. desantisi , of P. operculella. All the insecticides were more toxic to the parasites than to their host. The results indicate that P. operculella is again susceptible to DDT.