An isoxazoline-substituted benzamide compound of formula (1) or a salt thereof: ##STR00001## wherein A.sup.1, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 independently of one another are carbon atom or nitrogen atom, G is benzene ring, etc., X is halogen atom, C.sub.1-C.sub.6haloalkyl, etc., Y is halogen atom, C.sub.1-C.sub.6alkyl, etc., R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkyl arbitrarily substituted with R.sup.16, C.sub.3-C.sub.2alkenyl, arbitrarily substituted with R.sup.16 is oxygen atom or sulfur atom, --N(R.sup.20)R.sup.19, etc., R.sup.2 is hydrogen atom, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy C.sub.1-C.sub.6alkyl, etc., R.sup.3 is C.sub.1-C.sub.6haloalkyl, etc., R.sup.16 is halogen atom, cyano, phenyl substituted with (Z).sub.p1, D-1 to D-60, E-1 to E-49, etc., R.sup.19 is phenyl, phenyl substituted with (Z).sub.p1, etc., R.sup.20 is hydrogen atom, C.sub.1-C.sub.6alkyl, etc., Z is halogen atom, nitro, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy, 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.