1. Regulations
  2. title 40
  3. chapter I-i25
  4. part 158
  5. subpart R
  6. § 158.1756

View all text of Subpart R [§ 158.1700 - § 158.1786]

§ 158.1756 - Mosquitoes.

(a) General. The tables and test notes in this section apply to mosquitoes. The required test species for a labeling claim against mosquitoes appears in paragraph (b) of this section. For a claim against any specific species of mosquito, that individual species and all the required test genera must be tested. Claims against mosquitos in association with mosquito-borne diseases are also subject to the requirements in § 158.1709.

(b) Test species. For products making a claim against mosquitoes, the required test species for a labeling claim is set forth in the following table.

Table 1 to Paragraph (b)—Required Test Species for Products Making a Claim Against Mosquitoes

Labeling claim Required test species MosquitoesTesting in three genera (Culex, Aedes, and Anopheles) of mosquitoes is required. One of the following Culex species:
Culex pipiens OR Culex quinquefasciatus OR Culex tarsalis. 		AND one of the following Aedes species:
Aedes aegypti OR Aedes albopictus. 		AND one of the following Anopheles species:
Anopheles albimanus OR Anopheles freeborni OR Anopheles gambiae OR Anopheles hermsi OR Anopheles punctipennis OR Anopheles quadrimaculatus OR Anopheles stephensi.

AUTHORITY: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y; 21 U.S.C. 346a.

SOURCE: 72 FR 60957, Oct. 26, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 40 CFR 158.1756