ABSTRACT
Insecticides can be classied according to their chemical structures. Each insecticide has three names: the common name, the trade name, and the chemical name. The common name is a generic name of the active ingredient assigned by the professional scientic society, for example, the Entomological Society of America. The trade name is the product name given to the particular pesticide formulation by the manufacturer or the formulator. Several different trade name products may be identical or nearly identical in their formulation. A trade name should be used with a capital letter and is followed by a superscript®. For example, carbaryl (common name) is known as Sevin®, Carbex®, and Devicarb®. More than one manufacturer may hold a patent right on an insecticide, and, therefore, there may be more than one trade name. The chemical name of a pesticide describes the chemical composition and structure of the active pesticide ingredient, which is assigned according to International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) rules. The following references are useful for understanding the classication of insecticides: Spencer (1982), Matsumura (1985), Bryant et al. (1999), Tomlin (2003), Ware and Whitacre (2004), Khambay and Jewess (2005), Jeschke and Nauen (2005), and Anonymous (2014).
