| Chrysomya putoria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Calliphoridae |
| Genus: | Chrysomya |
| Species: | C. putoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830) |
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Chrysomya putoria, an Old World screw-worm fly, or screw-worm for short, is a species of parasitic fly lay larvae (maggots) in the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
Chrysomya putoria belongs to the same genus as Chrysomya bezziana, another myiasis-causing screwworm.