Uzi fly

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)

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]

References

  1. Chatterjee SN; T. Taraphdar and T. P. Mohandas. "Molecular Analysis of Divergence in Tachinid Uzi (Exorista Sorbillans) Populations in India". Genetica 125 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-6192-0.


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