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Table 4 Effect of lufenuron, flufenoxuron and hexaflumuron on the total lipid content of the house fly M. domestica penultimate larval instar treated with the LC25 and LC75 concentrations at different time intervals

From: Assessment of the perturbation induced by chitin synthesis inhibitors lufenuron, flufenoxuron and hexaflumuron in the house fly, Musca domestica vicina (Diptera: Muscidae)

Tested concentrations

Tested

(CSIs)

Total lipid

(mg/g fresh body weight)

24 h

Change (%)

48 h

Change (%)

72 h

Change (%)

LC25

Lufenuron

39.2 ± 2.1

− 7.5

29.6 ± 2.2

− 39.2

32.5 ± 4.2

− 45.2

Flufenoxuron

36.4 ± 1.7

− 14.1

31.6 ± 3.8

− 35.1

29.8 ± 2.7

− 59.8

Hexaflumuron

34.5 ± 26

− 18.6

25.6 ± 2.4

− 47.4

26.7 ± 4.4

− 55.1

Control

42.4 ± 1.7

–

48.7 ± 3.4

–

59.4 ± 3.8

–

LC75

Lufenuron

32.2 ± 2.7

− 24.1

34.8 ± 3.9

− 28.5

32.4 ± 2.3

− 45.4

Flufenoxuron

33.9 ± 2.3

− 20.0

34.7 ± 3.2

− 28.7

34.6 ± 2.7

− 41.7

Hexaflumuron

29.4 ± 2.1

− 30.6

36.7 ± 2.8

− 24.6

29.8 ± 3.7

− 49.8

Control

42.4 ± 1.7

–

48.7 ± 3.4

–

59.4 ± 3.8

–