| Uzi fly | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Exoristinae |
| Tribe: | Exoristini |
| Genus: | Exorista |
| Species: | E. sorbillans |
| Binomial name | |
| Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann, 1830) |
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The Uzi fly (Exorista sorbillans) is a species of bristly fly in the family Tachinidae that is a parasitoid of caterpillars and is a problem for silkworm rearing in the tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia.[1]