Quick reference
- Treatment class
- insecticide
- Mode of action
- Smothering / suffocation
- Application method
- foliar spray
- Restricted use
- No
- Seasonal window
- Year-round; avoid above 90F or during drought stress
- Source
- uf_ifas_v1
Controls these pests
- Mealybug (Pseudococcidae)Pseudococcidae spp.moderate
- Soft scaleCoccidae spp.moderate
- Armored scaleDiaspididae spp.first_line
- Two-spotted spider miteTetranychus urticaemoderate
- Whitefly (Silverleaf / sweetpotato)Bemisia tabacimoderate
- AphidAphididae spp.moderate
- Cycad scaleAulacaspis yasumatsuimoderate
Controls these diseases
- Sooty moldCapnodium / Cladosporium spp.moderate
Notes
Effective on scale crawlers, mealybug, mites, whitefly nymphs. Phytotoxic to some species — test patch first. Pollinator-safer than systemics.