Ra. Alzogaray et En. Zerba, TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON THE INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY OF PYRETHROIDS ON TRIATOMA-INFESTANS, FON ART MUS, 104(3), 1993, pp. 485-488
1. The toxic effect of deltamethrin, asymmethrin, alphamethrin, cyperm
ethrin and cypermethrin High cis in nymphs III of Triatoma infestans w
as lower at 28 than 16-degrees-C. 2. Prostration in treated nymphs III
occurred more rapidly at 28 than 16-degrees-C. 3. Symptoms of poisoni
ng rapidly disappeared when nymphs III intoxicated were moved from 16
to 28-degrees-C. 4. Nymphs III exposed to low doses of pyrethroids at
28-degrees-C, which did not show symptoms of poisoning, were rapidly a
ffected when they were moved to 16-degrees-C.