It acts as IGR, inhibits chitin formation. As a result of chitin deficiency, the insects lose its elasticity & unable to complete the molting process which leads to death of insect. It acts on the nymphal stages of plant hoppers and influences egg laying capacity of adults.
Simultaneously it controls pests through contact and stomach action. It affects the nervous system of the insect by inhibiting the transmission of messages through disruption of acetyl cholinesterase. Which leads to paralysis and than death of insects