A non-ester pyrethroid insecticide; induces toxicity in the housefly M. domestica (LD50 = 23 ng/fly); induces 100% mortality in green leafhopper adults and brown planthopper and white-backed planthopper nymphs on rice plants within 24 hours of application at 0.005-0.02%; toxic to the aquatic invertebrate D. magna (EC50 = 1.2 μg a.s./L) and the fish O. mykiss (LC50 = 2.7 μg a.s./L); not toxic to rats (LD50 = >2,000 mg/kg)