Atherigona

Atherigona is a genus of flies in the family Muscidae.

Pests
Larvae of some Atherigona species are important pests in cultivation of cereals, like rice and maize. Many are known as shoot flies. Some important species include:


 * Atherigona approximata (pearl millet shoot fly): affects Pennisetum typhoides, Sorghum bicolor
 * Atherigona atripalpis (foxtail millet shoot fly): affects Setaria italica
 * Atherigona biseta: affects Setaria italica, Setaria viridis
 * Atherigona falcata (barnyard millet shoot fly): affects Echinochloa colona, Echinochloa frumentacea, Echinochloa stagnina, Panicum sumatrense
 * Atherigona hyalinipennis (teff shoot fly)
 * Atherigona miliaceae (finger millet shoot fly or little millet shoot fly): affects Panicum miliaceum, Panicum sumatrense
 * Atherigona naqvii (wheat stem fly): affects Triticum aestivum, Zea mays
 * Atherigona orientalis (tomato fly or pepper fruit fly)
 * Atherigona oryzae (rice shoot fly): affects Oryza sativa, Paspalum scrobiculatum, Triticum aestivum, Zea mays
 * Atherigona pulla (proso millet shoot fly): affects Panicum miliaceum, Panicum sumatrense, Paspalum scrobiculatum, Setaria italica
 * Atherigona punctata (Coimbatore wheat stem fly): affects Triticum aestivum
 * Atherigona reversura (bermudagrass stem maggot): affects Cynodon dactylon (turf grasses)
 * Atherigona simplex (kodo millet shoot fly): affects Paspalum scrobiculatum
 * Atherigona soccata (sorghum shoot fly): affects Sorghum bicolor, Zea mays, Eleusine coracana

Species
• Atherigona aberrans

• Atherigona acutipennis

• Atherigona addita

• Atherigona africana

• Atherigona alaotrana

• Atherigona albiarista

• Atherigona albistyla

• Atherigona alpha

• Atherigona alticola

• Atherigona ambulans

• Atherigona ancora

• Atherigona angulata

• Atherigona angustiloba

• Atherigona annobonensis

• Atherigona apicemaculata

• Atherigona approximata

• Atherigona aratra

• Atherigona arenga

• Atherigona aristalis

• Atherigona aster

• Atherigona atripalpis

• Atherigona atritergita

• Atherigona aurifacies

• Atherigona basitarsalis

• Atherigona bella

• Atherigona bengalensis

• Atherigona beta

• Atherigona bidens

• Atherigona bidentata

• Atherigona bifida

• Atherigona bifurcata

• Atherigona bimaculata

• Atherigona binubila

• Atherigona biseriata

• Atherigona biseta

• Atherigona bispina

• Atherigona bivittata

• Atherigona boninensis

• Atherigona boninnensis

• Atherigona bowdeni

• Atherigona brunneoapicata

• Atherigona budongoana

• Atherigona campestris

• Atherigona chirinda

• Atherigona cinarina

• Atherigona cogani

• Atherigona collessi

• Atherigona confusa

• Atherigona conigera

• Atherigona contrastiloba

• Atherigona cornicauda

• Atherigona corrugata

• Atherigona crassibifurca

• Atherigona crassiseta

• Atherigona cristata

• Atherigona cryptica

• Atherigona dahlia

• Atherigona danbriensis

• Atherigona daviesi

• Atherigona decempilosa

• Atherigona delta

• Atherigona dentifera

• Atherigona dentifolia

• Atherigona disneyi

• Atherigona distincta

• Atherigona divergens

• Atherigona dorsovittata

• Atherigona dybasi

• Atherigona emdeni

• Atherigona epsilon

• Atherigona eriochloae

• Atherigona exigua

• Atherigona facilis

• Atherigona falcata

• Atherigona falkei

• Atherigona farooqii

• Atherigona fenestralis

• Atherigona ferrari

• Atherigona ferruginea

• Atherigona fililoba

• Atherigona flava

• Atherigona flavicoxa

• Atherigona flexinervis

• Atherigona freyi

• Atherigona fumivenosa

• Atherigona furculisterna

• Atherigona fusci

• Atherigona fuscicephala

• Atherigona fuscifemur

• Atherigona fuscisquamata

• Atherigona gabonensis

• Atherigona gamma

• Atherigona gigantipunctata

• Atherigona gilvifolia

• Atherigona gracilipalpis

• Atherigona grisea

• Atherigona griseiventris

• Atherigona hancocki

• Atherigona haplopyga

• Atherigona hargreavesi

• Atherigona hendersoni

• Atherigona hennigi

• Atherigona hirtitarsis

• Atherigona huanshanensis

• Atherigona humeralis

• Atherigona hyalinipennis

• Atherigona immaculata

• Atherigona insignis

• Atherigona integrifemur

• Atherigona iota

• Atherigona jacobsoni

• Atherigona johannis

• Atherigona kappa

• Atherigona kenyaensis

• Atherigona kivuensis

• Atherigona kurahashii

• Atherigona laeta

• Atherigona laevigata

• Atherigona lamda

• Atherigona lamellifera

• Atherigona laocaiensis

• Atherigona latibasis

• Atherigona latiloba

• Atherigona libra

• Atherigona ligurriens

• Atherigona lindneri

• Atherigona lineata

• Atherigona lombokensis

• Atherigona longifolia

• Atherigona longipalpis

• Atherigona longiseta

• Atherigona maculigera

• Atherigona maculipennis

• Atherigona madagascarensis

• Atherigona maliensis

• Atherigona mambillaensis

• Atherigona marginifolia

• Atherigona matema

• Atherigona matilei

• Atherigona medleri

• Atherigona micropunctata

• Atherigona miliaceae

• Atherigona minor

• Atherigona mirabilis

• Atherigona mitrata

• Atherigona montana

• Atherigona naquvii

• Atherigona naqvii

• Atherigona neoatripalpis

• Atherigona neorientalis

• Atherigona nigeriensis

• Atherigona nigrapicalis

• Atherigona nigriapicis

• Atherigona nigridorsalis

• Atherigona nigripes

• Atherigona nigrithorax

• Atherigona nigritibiella

• Atherigona nitida

• Atherigona nitidifrons

• Atherigona obudua

• Atherigona occidentalis

• Atherigona occulta

• Atherigona ochracea

• Atherigona ochripes

• Atherigona omega

• Atherigona orbicularis

• Atherigona orbitalis

• Atherigona orientalis

• Atherigona oryzae

• Atherigona osculata

• Atherigona ovatipennis

• Atherigona pallicornis

• Atherigona pallidipalpis

• Atherigona pallidipes

• Atherigona pallidipleura

• Atherigona palpalis

• Atherigona parvipuncta

• Atherigona pedunculata

• Atherigona pendleburyi

• Atherigona perfida

• Atherigona perpulchra

• Atherigona pharalis

• Atherigona phi

• Atherigona philema

• Atherigona pica

• Atherigona piceiventris

• Atherigona pilimana

• Atherigona pilosa

• Atherigona poecilopoda

• Atherigona ponti

• Atherigona pottsi

• Atherigona prosternalis

• Atherigona pulla

• Atherigona punctata

• Atherigona punctipennis

• Atherigona pusaensis

• Atherigona quadriseta

• Atherigona ramu

• Atherigona reddyi

• Atherigona reversura

• Atherigona rho

• Atherigona robertsi

• Atherigona rubricornis

• Atherigona ruficornis

• Atherigona rushanensis

• Atherigona sabroskyi

• Atherigona samaruensis

• Atherigona santimensis

• Atherigona savia

• Atherigona scopula

• Atherigona secrecauda

• Atherigona semilunari

• Atherigona seticauda

• Atherigona setifemur

• Atherigona setitarsus

• Atherigona setiterga

• Atherigona sigma

• Atherigona simplex

• Atherigona soccata

• Atherigona splendens

• Atherigona steeleae

• Atherigona strigula

• Atherigona subnigripes

• Atherigona tarsalis

• Atherigona tau

• Atherigona tedderi

• Atherigona tenuipes

• Atherigona testaceae

• Atherigona tetrastigma

• Atherigona theodori

• Atherigona theta

• Atherigona tibiseta

• Atherigona tobi

• Atherigona tomentigera

• Atherigona torrida

• Atherigona transversa

• Atherigona trapezia

• Atherigona triangularis

• Atherigona tricolorifolia

• Atherigona tridens

• Atherigona tridentata

• Atherigona triglomerata

• Atherigona tritici

• Atherigona trukensis

• Atherigona truncata

• Atherigona tuberculata

• Atherigona tumidistipes

• Atherigona ugandae

• Atherigona unguicauda

• Atherigona unicolor

• Atherigona univittata

• Atherigona ustipennis

• Atherigona valida

• Atherigona varia

• Atherigona variata

• Atherigona vibrissana

• Atherigona vietnamensis

• Atherigona villiersi

• Atherigona vita

• Atherigona vittata

• Atherigona vittipennis

• Atherigona yiwulushan

• Atherigona yorki

• Atherigona zariaensis

• Atherigona zeta