Common name

fenvalerate

Product category

Insecticide, acaricide, ixodicide

Chemical name

(RS)-a-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl (RS)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methylbutyrate 

CAS Number

51630-58-1

Molecular formula

C₂₅H₂₂ClNO₃

appearance

viscous yellow or brown liquid, sometimes partly crystalline at room temperature

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application

Biochemistry

Acts on the nervous system of insects, disturbs the function of neurons by interaction with the sodium channel. 

Mode of action

Non-systemic insecticide and acaricide with contact and stomach action.  Uses

Control of a wide range of pests, including those resistant to organochlorine, organophosphorus, and carbamate insecticides. Uses include control of chewing, sucking, and boring insects (particularly Lepidoptera, Diptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, and Coleoptera) in fruit, vines, olives, hops, nuts, vegetables, cucurbits, cotton, oilseed rape, sunflowers, alfalfa, cereals, maize, sorghum, potatoes, beet, peanuts, soya beans, tobacco, sugar cane, ornamentals, forestry, and on non-crop land. Used for control of flying and crawling insects in public health situations and in animal houses. Also used as an animal ectoparasiticide.

Formulation types

EC; UL; SC; WP. 

Compatibility

Incompatible with alkaline materials