The invention relates to an insecticidal composition comprising sulfoxaflor and cyhalothrin, wherein active ingredients are sulfoxaflor and cyhalothrin; the mass ratio of the sulfoxaflor to the cyhalothrin is 1-100:100-1; the better mass ratio is 1-24:24-1; the best mass ratio is 1-20:10-1; the active ingredients in the insecticidal composition account for 1-100% of the total mass percentage and 5-50% preferably; the remaining is auxiliary elements permitted to use and accepted in pesticides; and the insecticidal composition can be prepared to emulsifiable solution, emulsion in water, suspending agent and wettable powder preparation by a known method. The insecticidal composition which takes the sulfoxaflor and the cyhalothrin as main ingredients and is prepared by a certain ratio has obvious synergism on injurious insects, such as cotton bollworm, pink bollworm, cotton aphid, pyrausta nubilalis, phyllocnistis citrella stainton, scale insect nymphs, leaf mites, foliaceous moth larvae, budworm, aphid, plutella xylostella, mamestra brassicae, prodenia litura, helicoverpa assulta, oeobia undalis, cabbage caterpillar and the like of crops, such as fruit trees, vegetables, cottons, tobaccos and corns, etc; and the insecticidal composition has effect on sanitary insect pests, such as the mosquito, the fly and the like.