RAPID COMMUNICATION Laboratory Evaluation of Diflubenzuron as a Feed-Through for Control of Immature Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)
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The benzoylurea chitin synthesis inhibitor dißubenzuron was evaluated as a rodent feed-through for the control of immature stages of Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli (Diptera: Psychodidae). The development and survival of second instars of P. papatasi larvae that were fed feces from Syrian hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus, that had been fed a diet containing 0, 8.97, 89.7, or 897 ppm dißubenzuron was evaluated. No pupation or adult emergence occurred when larvae were fed feces from hamsters that were fed diets containing dißubenzuron. Themortality of sand ßies fed feces from treated hamsters was coincident with pupation of the controls, suggesting a speciÞc effect on the larval-to-pupal molt. The results of this study suggest that a control strategy using rodent baits containing dißubenzuron for phlebotomine sand ßies and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis may be possible.
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Laboratory evaluation of diflubenzuron as a feed-through for control of immature sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae).
The benzoylurea chitin synthesis inhibitor diflubenzuron was evaluated as a rodent feed-through for the control of immature stages of Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli (Diptera: Psychodidae). The development and survival of second instars of P. papatasi larvae that were fed feces from Syrian hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus, that had been fed a diet containing 0, 8.97, 89.7, or 897 ppm diflubenzuron w...
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