An isoxazoline-substituted benzamide compound of formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein A 1 , A 2 and A 3 independently of one another are carbon atom or nitrogen atom, G is benzene ring, etc., X is halogen atom, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, etc., Y ia halogen atm, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, etc., R 1 is C 1 -C 12 alkyl arbitrarily substituted with R 16 , C 3 -C 12 alkenyl, arbitrarily substituted with R 16 is oxygen atom or sulfur atom, -N(R 20 )R 19 , etc., R 2 is hydrogen atom, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy C 1 -C 6 alkyl, etc., R 3 is C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, etc., R 16 is halogen atom, cyano, phenyl substituted with (Z) p1 , D-1 to D-60, E-1 to E-49, etc., R 19 is phenyl, phenyl substituted with (Z) p1 , etc., R 20 is hydrogen atom, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, etc., Z is halogen atom, nitro, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, etc., D-1 to D-60 are 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic rings, E-1 to E-49 are 5- or 6-membered saturated heterocyclic rings, m is an integer of 0 to 5, n is an integer of 0 to 4, p1 is an integer of 1 to 5. The pesticide containing these compounds.
