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{{Publication
|Publication authors=Mohammad Amin Jalali, [[Thomas Van Leeuwen]], [[Luc Tirry]] and [[Patrick De Clercq]]
|Author Page=Patrick De Clercq, Thomas Van Leeuwen, M. Amin Jalali, Luc Tirry
|Publication date=2009
|dc:title=Toxicity of selected insecticides to the two-spot ladybird ''[[Adalia bipunctata (predator)|Adalia bipunctata]] ''
|Publication journal=Phytoparasitica
|prism:volume=37 (4)
|prism:startingPage=323
|Last page=326
|DOI=10.1007/s12600-009-0051-6
|Publication abstract=The toxicity of pirimicarb, imidacloprid, dimethoate, lambda-cyhalothrin, flonicamid and spinosad to the two-spot ladybird, ''Adalia bipunctata,'' was evaluated in a laboratory study. Susceptibility of fourth instars and female adults was assessed by measuring toxicity via residual contact and ingestion through feeding on contaminated green peach aphids (''Myzus persicae''). Flonicamid and spinosad had no lethal effects on larvae and female adults. Pirimicarb was harmless to the predator by ingestion exposure but showed some residual toxicity at high concentrations to both larval and adult stages. Imidacloprid was highly toxic to the larval stage by residual and ingestion exposure but caused very low adult mortality when ingested through contaminated prey. Dimethoate and lambda-cyhalothrin were highly toxic to both the larval and adult stages of the ladybird. Our findings indicate that pest management programs in agricultural crops using dimethoate, lambda-cyhalothrin and, to a lesser degree, imidacloprid, are detrimental to ''A. bipunctata'', whereas pirimicarb, flonicamid and spinosad are more compatible with the use of this predator.
|AbstractCC=Yes
|Research topic=biocontrol - natural enemies
|Research2P=health/environmental effects of pesticides
|Benf research=resistance to pesticides
|Is book=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Myzus persicae
|Quarantined=No
}}
{{Beneficial record
|Beneficial=Adalia bipunctata (predator)
|Pest=Myzus persicae
}}