Atherigona punctata

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| genus = Atherigona

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Atherigona punctata, the Coimbatore wheat stem fly, is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. In South India, it is a pest of the wheat plant, Triticum aestivum.{{cite book|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128042434/insect-pests-of-millets|title=Insect Pests of Millets: Systematics, Bionomics, and Management|year=2017|first1=A.|last1=Kalaisekar|first2=P.G.|last2=Padmaja|first3=V.R.|last3=Bhagwat|first4=J.V.|last4=Patil|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12-804243-4}}