Chemical Composition, Larvicidal and Repellent Activities of Wild Plant Essential Oils against .

Bio-degradable and eco-friendly essential oils (EOs) extracted from , , , , , and were investigated for their repellent and larvicidal potential against . The EOs of , , , , , and exhibited 99.0%, 96.8%, 40.2%, 41.7%, 29.1%, and 13.2% repellency against at a tested dose of 33.3 μg/cm, respectively. In time span bioassays, the EOs of , , , and showed more than 40% repellency for 60 min at a tested dose of 330 μg/cm. Larvicidal bioassays revealed that larvae of were the most susceptible to (LC, 39.3 mg/L), (LC, 26.0 mg/L), (LC, 35.7 mg/L), and (LC, 35.9 mg/L) EOs upon 48 h exposure. The most abundant constituents in the EOs of , , , and were piperitone oxide (45.5%), carvone (39.9%), matricaria ester (43.1%), (31.7%) and eugenol (24.4%), respectively. Our study demonstrates that EOs of , , , and might be used to control mosquitoes without harming humans or the environment.