Atherigona hyalinipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Atherigona
Species:
A. hyalinipennis
Binomial name
Atherigona hyalinipennis
Emden, 1959

Atherigona hyalinipennis, the teff shoot fly, is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. The larvae feed on the seedlings of crops such as teff. It is found in East Africa.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. Ruparao T. Gahukar, Gadi V. P. Reddy. Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet. Journal of Integrated Pest Management (2019) 10(1): 28; 1–10 https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmz026
  2. Mideksa, A., M. Negeri, and T. Shiberu. 2014. Management of tef shoot fly, Atherigona hyalinipennis (Reg.) (Diptera: Muscidae) on tef at Ambo, West Showa of Ethiopia. J. Entomol. Nematol. 6: 134–139.
  3. Nigus, C., and T. Damte. 2018. Identification of the tef shoot fly species from tef, Eragrostis tef (Zucc.), Trotter growing areas of Ethiopia. Afr. J. Insects 5: 181–184.
  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.
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