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1 February 2010 Laboratory Evaluation of Novaluron as a Rodent Feed-Through Insecticide Against Sand Fly Larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae)
T. M. Mascari, L. D. Foil
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Experiments were conducted to evaluate novaluron as a feed-through larvicide to control immature phlebotomine sand flies (Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli) (Diptera: Psychodidae). The minimum effective concentration of novaluron against sand fly larvae fed hamster feces treated with novaluron, or feces of hamsters fed a diet containing novaluron, was 9.88 and 9.88 × 10-1 mg/kg, respectively. Feces of novaluron-treated hamsters were held under conditions simulating the inside of a rodent burrow for up to 30 d, and all larvae that consumed these feces died before pupation; a significant reduction in treated larval survival relative to control was observed when the feces were aged for up to 150 d. Novaluron was shown to be effective as a feed-though larvicide when novalurontreated food made up only a portion of the diet of hamsters. The results of this study suggest that novaluron could be effective as a rodent feed-through insecticide in a field setting.

© 2010 Entomological Society of America
T. M. Mascari and L. D. Foil "Laboratory Evaluation of Novaluron as a Rodent Feed-Through Insecticide Against Sand Fly Larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 47(2), 205-209, (1 February 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME09117
Received: 6 May 2009; Accepted: 1 December 2009; Published: 1 February 2010
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novaluron
Phlebotomus papatasi
sand fly control
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