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Table 3 Susceptibility values (LC50 and LC90 expressed in % of active ingredient) of different European populations of Culicoides imicola to different active ingredients. Mortality was recorded 24 h after 1 h exposure to different concentrations

From: How do species, population and active ingredient influence insecticide susceptibility in Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of veterinary importance?

Active ingredient

Corsica, France

Catalonia, Spain

No. test

LC50 %

LC90 %

No. test

LC50 %

LC90 %

(n)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

(n)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

Deltamethrin

3

0.0002

0.0008

3

0.0003

0.0023

(2,525)

(0.0001–0.0002)

(0.0005–0.0014)

(378)

(0.0002–0.0004)

(0.0016–0.0037)

Alpha-cypermethrin

4

0.0008

0.0034

   

(2.084)

NA

NA

   

Permethrin

4

0.0194

0.0812

2

0.0175

0.1071

(1.562)

(0.0171–0.0219)

(0.0695–0.0975)

(123)

NA

NA

Chlorpyrifos-methyl

1

0.0274

0.1273

   

(122)

(0.0176–0.0388)

(0.0784–0.3535)

   

Phoxim

2

0.1053

0.2441

   

(2,207)

NA

NA

   

Diazinon

2

0.1031

0.3424

   

(1,704)

NA

NA

   
  1. No test number of tests performed, n number of individuals tested, CI confidence interval, NA confidence interval not computed; due to a large variability in the dose/response effect