Atherigona
# 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
