Pneumatic Tire

A pneumatic tire, comprising:

• a tread portion that extends in a tire circumferential direction and forms an annular shape;
• a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion;
• and
• a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions,
• wherein an anti-insect layer having extermination characteristics or repellent characteristics with respect to insect pests is provided on an innermost surface of the pneumatic tire, the anti-insect layer being different than an inner liner layer, a material of the anti-insect layer being different than a material of the inner liner layer, and the anti-insect layer being a solid and/or being vulcanization bonded on the innermost surface of the pneumatic tire,
• the anti-insect layer is a rubber layer or a resin layer disposed only on an inner surface of the pneumatic tire without disposal at a position radially inward of grooves of the tread portion,
• a chemical having extermination characteristics or repellent characteristics with respect to insect pests is mixed or blended with a composition constituting the anti-insect layer,
• the chemical is volatile, and the anti-insect layer is locally provided at a bead region on an inner surface of the pneumatic tire, and
• the anti-insect layer is provided in a chafer exposed on the inner surface of the pneumatic tire, the chafer extending from a position laterally inward of a bead core in one of the bead portions, around a radially inner side of the bead core, to a position laterally outward of the bead core.