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Exorista sorbillans

Synonyms: Oestrus bombycis; Podotachina americana; Tachina sorbillans (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Parasite of 
Spodoptera litura (Cluster armyworm)[1]

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♦ 1World Spodoptera Database (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0