Atherigona facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Atherigona
Atherigona reversura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Muscidae
Genus:	Atherigona Rondani, 1856

Atherigona is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae.

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:

• 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