Insecticidal activity of a new synthetic pyrethroid "terallethrin"

Terallethrin exhibits quick knockdown activity against sanitary insects such as mosquitoes, houseflies and cockroaches and has repellency against mosquitoes. Its killing activity is comparable to those of allethrin and natural pyrethrins. Terallethrin has remarkably high vapor pressure in comparison with those of other pyrethroid insecticides commercially available. Owing to those characteristics, terallethrin is considered to be usable in a wide range of practical applications as a knockdown agent in the household as well as public health fields.