Abstract:The two-acetylene derivative of lvbingquejuzhi (JZB) was synthesized here for the hypothesis of new photoactivated pyrethroid insecticides. The MTT assay, Giemsa dying method and flow cytometry were chosen to evaluate the photoactivated cytotoxicity of JZB on Spodoptera litura (SL) cell, compared with that of tetramethrin, deltamethrin, bifenthrin and lvbingquejuzhi. The results showed that the inhibition rates of 500μg/mL tetramethrin, deltamethrin and bifenthrin were lower than 21%. But 500μg/mL lvbingquejuzhi and JZB possessed high cytotoxicity, the inhibition rates were 89.79% and 92.95%, respectively, and cell density was significantly lower, above 90% cells shrank and could not attach to the bottom. But above 70% cells treated with 500μg/mL deltamethrin could attach to the bottom well. When SL cells exposed to 50μg/mL lvbingquejuzhi and JZB for 24 hours, MMP respectively decreased by 35.43% and 45.55% compared with the control group, and ROS of SL cells increased by 212.09% and 311.60%.