Comparison of the synthetic pyrethroids Esbiothrin and Bioresmethrin with Scourge and Cythion against adult mosquitoes in a laboratory wind tunnel
Floore, T.G.; Rathburn, C.B.; Boike, A.H.; Coughlin, J.S.; Greer, M.J.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 8(1): 58-60
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 1583490 Document Number: 395790
Both candidate adulticides, Esbiothrin and Bioresmethrin, exhibited quick knockdown 1-h posttreatment. Esbiothrin elicited the fastest knockdown, but Bioresemethrin was more effective at both 1- and 24-h posttreatment than either Esbiothrin or Scourge against both Aedes taeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefasciatus. Mosquitoes treated with Scourge required more time and a higher dosage to respond in a physiological manner similar to those treated with either of the candidate adulticides. More than twice the dosage rate of Cythion was required than either candidate adulticide to cause a similar physiological response in treated mosquitoes.