Abstract:Insecticidal activities of Chinese indigenous plants Sinacalia tangutica(Maxim.)B.Nord.,Taiwania flousiana Gaussen,Calathodes palmata Hook. F.et Thoms., Sargentodoxa cuneata (Oliv.) Rehd. et Wils., Eomecon chionantha Hance, Triaenophora rupestris (Hemsl.)Soler., and Paris polyphylla Smith were reported. Methanol extracts of five species showed toxicity against adult house flies with mortalities above 70% 48 h after treatment(S.tangutica 93.10%,Ginkgo biloba L.(fruit)85.71%, P.polyphylla 82.76%, C.palmata 79.31% and T.flousiana (stem) 71.03%, respectively). The antifeedant rates of E.chionantha and T.rupestris against the third instar larvae of Ostrinia furnacalis Guenea 48 h after treatment were 52.81% and 62.88%, respectively. Pupation delay of O.furnacalis was observed with treatment of S.cuneata, E.chionantha and T.rupestris. However, the tested plants showed weak toxicity and reproduction inhibition activity against Tribolium castaneum (L.), with the highest toxicity rate caused by P.polyphylla only being 25.80% 30 d after treatment, and the highest reproduction inhibition by Dysosma versipellis(Hance)M.Cheng(stem)being 39.42% 60 d after treatment.The methanol extraction rates of these plants varied from 1.54% to 16.12% by cold soaking method.