''Atherigona hyalinipennis'', the teff shoot fly, is a species of

fly Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

in the family

Muscidae Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...

. The larvae feed on the seedlings of crops such as

teff ''Eragrostis tef'', also known as teff, Williams lovegrass or annual bunch grass, is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to the Horn of Africa, notably to both Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is cultivated for its edible seeds, also known as ...

. It is found in East Africa.Nigus, C., and T. Damte. 2018. Identification of the tef shoot fly species from tef, ''Eragrostis tef'' (Zucc.), Trotter growing areas of Ethiopia. ''Afr. J. Insects'' 5: 181–184.

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Muscidae Insect pests of millets {{Muscidae-stub