To provide a new agrochemical, particularly insecticidal and acaricidal agent.
The pest control agent includes a substituted benzanilide represented by general formula (1) [wherein W1 and W2 are each O or S atom; X is a halogen atom or the like; Y is a 1-6C alkyl or the like; R1 is a 1-6C alkylthio(a 1-6C)alkyl; R2 and R3 are each H or the like; R4 is a 1-6C haloalkyl; R5 is a phenoxy(1-6C)haloalkyl, or L or the like; R6 is H atom or a 1-6C alkylcarbonyl; L represents an aromatic heterocyclic ring, for example, L-1 through L-4, L-8 through L-13, L-15 through L-23, L-45 through L-52 or L-53 and the like; Z is a halogen atom or a 1-6C haloalkoxy(1-6C)haloalkoxy; m and n are each independently an integer of 0 through 4 and p1 is an integer of 1 through 5].
MAEDA KANESHIGE
FURUKAWA HIROTAKA
TAKII SHINJI