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Impact of temperature and nutrition on the toxicity of the insecticide λ-cyhalothrin in full-lifecycle tests with the target mosquito species Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens

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The global spread of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, an urban pest as well as a vector for arboviruses, is a threat for public health. As control measures include the use of insecticides such as the pyrethroid λ-cyhalothrin, it is crucial to assess their efficiency and their potential impact on the biodiversity especially under climate change conditions. To evaluate the environmental risk, biotests are well established for non-target organisms but not yet for mosquitoes. We therefore developed a full-lifecycle biotest for mosquitoes kept under quarantine conditions based on the OECD guideline 219. Therewith we tested the effect of temperature and nutrition on the ecotoxicological response to λ-cyhalothrin on the mosquitoes Ae. albopictus and Culex pipiens by assessing sublethal and life history parameters. The efficiency of λ-cyhalothrin decreased in both mosquito species with increasing temperature and changed with feeding protocol. At effective concentrations for potential mosquito control in surface waters, λ-cyhalothrin poses a high risk for indigenous aquatic key role species inhabiting the same microhabitats. Those aspects should to be taken into account in vector control strategies.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to BioGents AG (Regensburg, Germany) for providing the two test species and a variety of helpful information and advice. Thanks to the GRADE—Goethe Graduate Academy Language Service for assisting in the proof-reading of the manuscript. The present study was conducted at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiKF), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and funded by the research funding program ´LOEWE—Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung Wissenschaftlich-ökonomischer Exzellenz´ of Hesse’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and the Arts.

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  1. Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiKF), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Aljoscha Kreß, Jörg Oehlmann & Ruth Müller

  2. Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Aljoscha Kreß, Jörg Oehlmann & Ruth Müller

  3. Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Haus 9b, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Ulrich Kuch

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Kreß, A., Kuch, U., Oehlmann, J. et al. Impact of temperature and nutrition on the toxicity of the insecticide λ-cyhalothrin in full-lifecycle tests with the target mosquito species Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens . J Pest Sci 87, 739–750 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-014-0620-4

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