Patent ID: 8822501

Claim:
A method for controlling a hemipteran pest, comprising applying an effective amount of a compound represented by formula (Ia) or an agriculturally and horticulturally acceptable salt thereof to a plant or soil, wherein Het 2 represents optionally substituted 3-pyridyl, R 11 represents hydroxyl, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynyloxy, optionally substituted benzyloxy, or oxo in the absence of a hydrogen atom at the 13-position, or the bond between 5-position and 13-position represents a double bond in the absence of R 11 and a hydrogen atom at the 5-position, R 12 represents hydroxyl, optionally substituted C 1-18 alkylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted benzoyloxy, or optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylsulfonyloxy, R 13 represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, optionally substituted C 1-18 alkylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted benzoyloxy, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylsulfonyloxy, optionally substituted benzenesulfonyloxy, or optionally substituted five- or six-membered heterocyclic thiocarbonyloxy, or R 12 and R 13 together represent —O—CR 12 ′R 13 ′—O— wherein R 12 ′ and R 13 ′, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 alkyloxy, C 2-6 alkenyl, optionally substituted phenyl, or optionally substituted benzyl, or R 12 ′ and R 13 ′ together represent oxo or C 2-6 alkylene, and R 14 represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, optionally substituted C 1-18 alkylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted benzoyloxy, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylsulfonyloxy, optionally substituted benzenesulfonyloxy, optionally substituted benzyloxy, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkenyloxy, optionally substituted C 2-6 alkynyloxy, C 1-6 alkyloxy-C 1-6 alkyloxy, C 1-6 alkylthio-C 1-6 alkyloxy, C 1-6 alkyloxy-C 1-6 alkyloxy-C 1-6 alkyloxy, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyloxycarbonyloxy, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkylaminocarbonyloxy, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered heterocyclic oxy, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered heterocyclic carbonyloxy, optionally substituted thieno[3,2-b]pyridylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted 1H-indolylcarbonyloxy, optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated five- or six-membered heterocyclic thiocarbonyloxy, or oxo in the absence of a hydrogen atom at the 7-position.