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Genus of flies
Atherigona is a genus of flies in the family
Muscidae .
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Pests
Larvae of some Atherigona species are important pests in cultivation of cereals, like rice and maize. Many are known as shoot flies . Some important species include:
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Atherigona approximata (
pearl millet shoot fly): affects
Pennisetum typhoides ,
Sorghum bicolor
Atherigona atripalpis (
foxtail millet shoot fly): affects
Setaria italica
Atherigona biseta : affects
Setaria italica ,
Setaria viridis
Atherigona falcata (
barnyard millet shoot fly): affects
Echinochloa colona ,
Echinochloa frumentacea ,
Echinochloa stagnina ,
Panicum sumatrense
Atherigona hyalinipennis (
teff shoot fly)
Atherigona miliaceae (
finger millet shoot fly or
little millet shoot fly): affects
Panicum miliaceum ,
Panicum sumatrense
Atherigona naqvii (wheat stem fly): affects
Triticum aestivum ,
Zea mays
Atherigona orientalis (tomato fly or pepper fruit fly)
Atherigona oryzae (rice shoot fly): affects
Oryza sativa ,
Paspalum scrobiculatum ,
Triticum aestivum ,
Zea mays
Atherigona pulla (
proso millet shoot fly): affects
Panicum miliaceum ,
Panicum sumatrense ,
Paspalum scrobiculatum ,
Setaria italica
Atherigona punctata (Coimbatore wheat stem fly): affects
Triticum aestivum
Atherigona reversura (
bermudagrass stem maggot): affects
Cynodon dactylon (turf grasses)
Atherigona simplex (
kodo millet shoot fly): affects
Paspalum scrobiculatum
Atherigona soccata (
sorghum shoot fly): affects
Sorghum bicolor ,
Zea mays ,
Eleusine coracana
Species
See also
References
^ Couri, Márcia S. (2007).
"A key to the Afrotropical genera of Muscidae (Diptera)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat) . Revista Brasileira de Zoologia . 24 (1). Curitiba, Brasil: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia: 175–184.
doi :
10.1590/s0101-81752007000100022 .
ISSN
0085-5626 . Retrieved 2009-10-19 .
^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011).
"Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist" . Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012 . {{
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^ Kalaisekar, A.; Padmaja, P.G.; Bhagwat, V.R.; Patil, J.V. (2017).
Insect Pests of Millets: Systematics, Bionomics, and Management . Academic Press.
ISBN
978-0-12-804243-4 .
^ Gahukar, Ruparao T; Reddy, Gadi V P; Royer, Tom (2019).
"Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet" . Journal of Integrated Pest Management . 10 (1).
doi :
10.1093/jipm/pmz026 .
ISSN
2155-7470 .
^ Prasad, G.S.; Babu, K.S. (2016). "Insect Pest Resistance in Pearl Millet and Small Millets". Biotic Stress Resistance in Millets . pp. 147–169.
doi :
10.1016/B978-0-12-804549-7.00005-6 .
ISBN
9780128045497 .
^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management . London: Elsevier.
ISBN
978-0-12-804243-4 .
OCLC
967265246 .