Peritrophic Membrane as Vehicle for DDT and DDE Excretion in Aedes aegypti Larvae

1 July 1961

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Vol. 54 (4) , 539-542
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/54.4.539

Abstract

Larvae of the Trinidad DDT-resistant strain when placed in DDT suspensions excreted long streamers of peritrophic membrane containing quantities of unabsorbed DDT. A resistant strain from Puerto Rico showed this property, but resistant strains from Malaya did not. Normal strains when placed in DDT excreted little of the membrane.

Keywords

PESTICIDES
LARVAE
RESISTANCE
DDE