Exorista sorbillans

Exorista sorbillans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Genus:	Exorista
Species:	E. sorbillans
Binomial name
	Exorista sorbillans; (Wiedemann, 1830)

Exorista sorbillans, the uzi fly, 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.^[1]

The species found in India, is sometimes synonmyised with this species, but is distinct from specimens obtained from the type locality, the Canary Islands.^[2]

References[]

^ Chatterjee SN; T. Taraphdar & T. P. Mohandas (2005). "Molecular Analysis of Divergence in Tachinid Uzi (Exorista Sorbillans) Populations in India". Genetica. 125 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-6192-0. PMID 16175450.
^ Narayanaswamy, T.K.; Govindan, R. (2000). "Mulberry silkworm ujifly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae)". Integrated Pest Management Reviews. 5 (4): 231. doi:10.1023/A:1012982030848.

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[1] Chatterjee SN; T. Taraphdar & T. P. Mohandas (2005). "Molecular Analysis of Divergence in Tachinid Uzi (Exorista Sorbillans) Populations in India". Genetica. 125 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1007/s10709-004-6192-0. PMID 16175450.

[2] Narayanaswamy, T.K.; Govindan, R. (2000). "Mulberry silkworm ujifly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae)". Integrated Pest Management Reviews. 5 (4): 231. doi:10.1023/A:1012982030848.

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