Abstract: A phenyltriazole compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a lower alkyl group having all or a part of hydrogen atoms substituted by fluorine atoms, and each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 form together with the adjacent nitrogen atom a pyrrole ring or an ethoxymethylideneamino group.

Abstract: A phenyltriazole derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitro group, a phenoxy group, an amino group, a cyano group, a 1-pyrrolyl group or a halogen-substituted alkoxy group, Y is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl group which may be substituted by halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonyl or carbamoyl, a methyl-substituted cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylsulfinyl group or a 2-methyl-1,3-dithiolan-2-yl group, Z is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkenyloxyalkyl group, a methyl group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a phenyl group, a ##STR2## group, wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.