Lucilia (fly)

Lucilia
Lucilia sericata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Subfamily: Luciliinae
Genus: Lucilia
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Type species
Musca caesar
Linnaeus, 1758, des. Macquart, 1834
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Phaenicia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
  • Bufolucilia Townsend, 1919
  • Francilia Shannon, 1924
  • Caesariceps Rohdendorf, 1926
  • Dasylucilia Rohdendorf, 1926
  • Chaetophaenicia Enderlein, 1936
  • Acrophagella Ringdahl, 1942

Lucilia is a genus of blow flies in the family Calliphoridae. Various species in this genus are commonly known as green bottle flies.