Atherigona miliaceae, the finger millet shoot fly, is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. The larvae feed on the central growing shoots of crops such as finger millet, little millet, and proso millet. It is found in East Asia and South Asia.[1][2][3]

Atherigona miliaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Atherigona
Species:
A. miliaceae
Binomial name
Atherigona miliaceae
Malloch, 1925

References edit

  1. ^ H.D. Upadhyaya; V. Gopal Reddy & D.V.S.S.R. Sastry (2008). "Regeneration guidelines Fingermillet, ICRISAT". Crop Specific Regeneration Guidelines CGIAR – via ICRISAT / CGIAR.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.