The effects of azadirachtin A added to the sucrose diet of the adult females on the mortality, oviposition, and hatching of the sand fly vector of American visceral leishmaniasis Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) were investigated. Concentrations of 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 μg/mg of azadirachtin significantly increased insect mortality in comparison with control insects. The same dose also significantly reduced oviposition but not hatching. After a long development period, significantly fewer adult insects were obtained from eggs hatching by azadirachtin-treated females in a doseresponse manner. These results indicate that azadirachtin is a potent sterilizer that could be used against the development of Lu. longipalpis populations and as a tool for studying physiological and biochemical processes in phlebotomine species.
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1 July 2014
Effects of Azadirachtin on the Biology of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Adult Female, the Main Vector of American Visceral Leishmaniasis
Cláudia Alves De Andrade-Coelho,
Nataly Araujo De Souza,
Vanderlei Campos Silva,
Adelson A. Souza,
Marcelo Salabert Gonzalez,
Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 51 • No. 4
July 2014
Vol. 51 • No. 4
July 2014
azadirachtin
Lutzomyia longipalpis
vector control