Order Fly | Rank Species | |
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Similar Exorista, Blepharipa, Antheraea mylitta, Exorista larvarum, Antheraea assamensis | ||
Uzi fly laying eggs of silkworm
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 tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia.
The species found in India, Exorista bombycis is sometimes synonmyised with this species but is distinct from specimens obtained from the type locality, the Canary Islands.
References
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