Genus of flies
Atherigona Muscidae .[ 1] [ 2]
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:[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Atherigona approximata pearl millet shoot fly): affects Pennisetum typhoides Sorghum bicolor Atherigona atripalpis foxtail millet shoot fly): affects Setaria italica Atherigona biseta 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 Triticum aestivum Zea mays Atherigona orientalis Atherigona oryzae 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 Triticum aestivum Atherigona reversura bermudagrass stem maggot): affects Cynodon dactylon 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 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )^ Kalaisekar, A.; Padmaja, P.G.; Bhagwat, V.R.; Patil, J.V. (2017). Insect Pests of Millets: Systematics, Bionomics, and Management 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 .
