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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 476-916
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Cythion 8-e' is an insecticide and miticide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 476-916. It was originally approved by EPA on 10 May 1956. Its registration got cancelled on 01 Jul 1987. It has a 'Caution' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Malathion (NO INERT USE) and Xylene range aromatic solvent. It's approved for 143 sites including alfalfa, apricots, asparagus, bakeries, barley, barnyardgrass, beans, beets, blackberries, and blueberries. It is also approved for 133 pests and pest groups including but not limited to alfalfa looper, alfalfa weevil, aphids, armyworm, asparagus beetle, azalea bark scale, bagworm, beet armyworm, birch leafminer, and black cherry aphid.

Original registration date:

  • 10 May 1956

Cancellation date:

  • 01 Jul 1987

Alternative names:

  • CYTHION 8-EActive
  • STAUFFER MALATHION 8-EInactive

Registrant:

  • ZENECA INC
  • Address:
    1800 Concord Pike
    Wilmington, DE 19897

Active ingredients:

  • Malathion (no inert use) 80.96%
  • Xylene range aromatic solvent 4.7%
  • Other ingredients 14.34%

Signal word:

  • Caution

Product type:

  • Insecticide
  • Miticide

Formulation:

  • Emulsifiable Concentrate

Registered target pests:

  • Alfalfa looper (adult)
  • Alfalfa weevil (larvae)
  • Aphids
  • Armyworm
  • Asparagus beetle
  • Azalea bark scale
  • Bagworm
  • Beet armyworm
  • Birch leafminer
  • Black cherry aphid
  • Black peach aphid
  • Black scale
  • Black scale (crawlers)
  • Blackheaded fireworm
  • Blister beetles
  • Boll weevil
  • Boxwood leafminer
  • Brown cotton leafworm
  • Bud moths
  • Cabbage looper
  • California red scale
  • Cereal leaf beetle
  • Cherry fruit fly
  • Chicken red mite
  • Chiggers (redbugs)
  • Citricola scale
  • Clover leaf weevil
  • Codling moth
  • Confused flour beetle
  • Corn rootworm beetles (adult)
  • Cotton fleahopper
  • Cotton leafperforator
  • Cottony peach scale
  • Cranberry fruitworm
  • Cucumber beetles
  • Cutworms
  • Darkling ground beetles
  • Diamondback moth
  • Driedfruit beetle
  • Drosophila
  • Drosophila fruit fly
  • English grain aphid
  • Euonymus scale
  • European fruit lecanium
  • European pine shoot moth
  • Fall armyworm
  • False chinch bug
  • Field crickets
  • Flat grain beetle
  • Flea beetles
  • Flea beetles (adult)
  • Fletcher scale
  • Flies
  • Florida red scale
  • Flying insects
  • Forbes scale
  • Fourlined plant bug
  • Fruittree leafroller
  • Garden webworm
  • Gnats
  • Granary weevil
  • Grape leafhopper
  • Grasshoppers
  • Grasshoppers (nymphs)
  • Green peach aphid
  • Greenbug
  • Imported cabbageworm
  • Indian meal moth
  • Japanese beetle
  • Japanese beetle (adult)
  • Juniper scale
  • Lace bugs
  • Leafhoppers
  • Lesser grain borer
  • Lesser peachtree borer
  • Lygus bugs
  • Magnolia scale
  • Mealybugs
  • Mexican bean beetle
  • Millipedes
  • Mites
  • Monterey pine scale
  • Mosquitoes
  • Mosquitoes (larvae)
  • Nitidulid beetles
  • No pest
  • Oak kermes
  • Onion maggot
  • Orange tortrix
  • Orangeworms
  • Oriental fruit moth
  • Oystershell scale
  • Pea aphid
  • Pea leaf weevil
  • Pea weevil
  • Pepper maggot
  • Pickleworm
  • Pine needle scale
  • Plum curculio
  • Potato leafhopper
  • Poultry lice
  • Purple scale
  • Red flour beetle
  • Rice leafminer
  • Rice stink bug
  • Rice weevil
  • Rose leafhopper
  • Rose scale
  • Rusty grain beetle
  • Rusty plum aphid
  • San jose scale
  • Sap beetles
  • Sawtoothed grain beetle
  • Scurfy scale
  • Soft brown scale
  • Soft scales
  • Sowbugs
  • Spider mites
  • Spittlebugs
  • Spittlebugs (nymphs)
  • Springtails
  • Squash vine borer
  • Strawberry leafroller
  • Strawberry root weevil
  • Tarnished plant bug
  • Tent caterpillars
  • Terrapin scale
  • Thrips
  • Twospotted spider mite
  • Vetch bruchid
  • Wax scales
  • Whiteflies
  • Yellow scale

Registered target sites:

  • Alfalfa (foliar treatment)
  • Apricots (foliar treatment)
  • Asparagus (foliar treatment)
  • Bakeries (outdoor-inedible)
  • Barley (equipment)
  • Barley (foliar treatment)
  • Barley (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Barley (storage areas-empty)
  • Barley (transportation vehicles)
  • Barnyardgrass (foliar treatment)
  • Beans (dry) (foliar treatment)
  • Beans (foliar treatment)
  • Beets (root) (foliar treatment)
  • Beets (seed crop foliar treatment)
  • Blackberries (foliar treatment)
  • Blueberries (foliar treatment)
  • Boysenberries (foliar treatment)
  • Broccoli (foliar treatment)
  • Brussels sprouts (foliar treatment)
  • Cabbage (foliar treatment)
  • Canarygrass (foliar treatment)
  • Carrots (foliar treatment)
  • Celery (foliar treatment)
  • Cereal flour (bagged) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereals (packaged) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cherries (foliar treatment)
  • Citrus (foliar treatment)
  • Clover (foliar treatment)
  • Corn (equipment)
  • Corn (foliar treatment)
  • Corn (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Corn (storage areas)
  • Corn (transportation vehicles)
  • Cotton (foliar treatment)
  • Cranberries (foliar treatment)
  • Cucumbers (foliar treatment)
  • Cull fruit dump
  • Dewberries (foliar treatment)
  • Eggplant (foliar treatment)
  • Endive (escarole) (foliar treatment)
  • Fescue (foliar treatment)
  • Food processing plants (outdoor inedible)
  • Food/feed storage areas (residual general treatment)
  • General outdoor treatment
  • Grain elevator machinery (residual general treatment)
  • Grain elevators (empty) (residual general treatment)
  • Grapefruit (foliar treatment)
  • Grapes (foliar treatment)
  • Grasses (hay) (foliar treatment)
  • Homes (yards) (outdoor)
  • Hops (foliar treatment)
  • Horseradish (foliar treatment)
  • Kale (foliar treatment)
  • Kumquat (foliar treatment)
  • Lemons (foliar treatment)
  • Lettuce (foliar treatment)
  • Limes (foliar treatment)
  • Livestock buildings (enclosed premise treatment)
  • Livestock buildings (open premise treatment)
  • Loganberries (foliar treatment)
  • Meat processing plants (outdoor-inedible)
  • Mint (foliar treatment)
  • Mustard (greens) (foliar treatment)
  • Non-farm animal/non-pet buildings (enclosed premise treatment)
  • Non-farm animal/non-pet buildings (exterior treatment)
  • Oats (equipment)
  • Oats (foliar treatment)
  • Oats (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Oats (storage areas-empty)
  • Oats (transportation vehicles)
  • Onions (foliar treatment)
  • Oranges (foliar treatment)
  • Orchardgrass (foliar treatment)
  • Ornamental grasses (foliar treatment)
  • Ornamental plants (foliar treatment)
  • Parsnips (foliar treatment)
  • Pastures (grass) (foliar treatment)
  • Peaches (foliar treatment)
  • Peanut storage areas (empty)
  • Peanuts (equipment)
  • Peanuts (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Peanuts (transportation vehicles)
  • Peas (foliar treatment)
  • Peppers (foliar treatment)
  • Potatoes (foliar treatment)
  • Poultry ranges/yards (open premise treatment)
  • Poultry roosts (paint) (enclosed premise treatment)
  • Pumpkin (foliar treatment)
  • Radishes (foliar treatment)
  • Railroad boxcars (feed/food-empty) (residual general treatment)
  • Rangeland (foliar treatment)
  • Raspberries (foliar treatment)
  • Redtop grass (foliar treatment)
  • Rice (equipment)
  • Rice (foliar treatment)
  • Rice (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Rice (storage areas-empty)
  • Rice (transportation vehicles)
  • Roadsides
  • Rye (equipment)
  • Rye (foliar treatment)
  • Rye (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Rye (storage areas-empty)
  • Rye (transportation vehicles)
  • Safflower (foliar treatment)
  • Salsify (foliar treatment)
  • Shipholds (feed/food-empty) (residual general treatment)
  • Soil bank land (ungrazed)
  • Sorghum (grain) (equipment)
  • Sorghum (grain) (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Sorghum (grain) (storage areas-empty)
  • Sorghum (grain) (transportation vehicles)
  • Spinach (foliar treatment)
  • Squash (foliar treatment)
  • Standing water
  • Stored barley
  • Stored corn
  • Stored field seed
  • Stored oats
  • Stored peanuts
  • Stored rice
  • Stored rye
  • Stored seed (garden)
  • Stored sorghum (grain)
  • Stored wheat
  • Strawberries (foliar treatment)
  • Strawberries (soil treatment)
  • Sugar beets (foliar treatment)
  • Swiss chard (foliar treatment)
  • Tangelos (foliar treatment)
  • Tangerines (foliar treatment)
  • Timothy (ornamental) (foliar treatment)
  • Tomatoes (foliar treatment)
  • Truck beds (feed/food-empty) (residual general treatment)
  • Turnips (foliar treatment)
  • Vegetable dumps
  • Wasteland
  • Wheat (equipment)
  • Wheat (foliar treatment)
  • Wheat (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Wheat (storage areas-empty)
  • Wheat (transportation vehicles)
  • Yellow foxtail (foliar treatment)