author(s)
JP Baruah and Chinmoyee Kalita

abstract
Muga silkworm rearing being an outdoor crop due to insect pests is a major problem encountered by the muga rearers. It is mostly high in the pre-seed (Aherua and Jarua) and seed crop (Chotua and Bhodia) compared to the commercial crops. A preliminary study from 2010 to 2011 revealed 12 (Twelve) insect pests belonging to family Tachinidae, Vespidae, Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Formicidae, Pentatomidae, and Mantidae infesting the silkworm. Among these families, the Tachinidae family infest the silkworm more and the uzi fly belongs to the Tachinidae family. Exorista sorbillans, Widemann, otherwise called the uzi fly is a serious pest of muga silkworm and is a problem for silkworm rearing. The incidence of this fly is very high in tropical Sericultural regions. Uzi fly damages 25% crop loss in the 4^th to 5^th instar and 20% at harvesting stage of cocoons during Chotua crop (March-April). Applications of insecticides for control of the uzi fly is not advocated in muga rearing as it is lethal to the muga silkworm itself. This review mainly focuses on Integrated Pest Management of Uzi fly, (Exorista sorbillans Wideman) in muga silkworm (Antheraea assamensis Helfer). This review also covers the life cycle of the uzi fly and its nature of the damage.