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Common cattle grub

Hypoderma lineatum (Villers, 1789)

Status not recordedinsects

The common cattle grub (Hypoderma lineatum) is a species in the family Oestridae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the common cattle grub

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the common cattle grub live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common cattle grub as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Japan
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the common cattle grub endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common cattle grub classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyOestridae
  6. genusHypoderma
  7. SpeciesHypoderma lineatum (Villers, 1789)

Synonyms Hypoderma bonassi, Hypoderma ericetorum, Hypoderma vernalis, Oestrus bovis var. vernalis, Oestrus ericetorum, Oestrus lineatus, Oestrus supplens, Oestrus vernalis

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Kleine RinderdasselfliegeGerman
  • hypoderme rayéFrench
  • 줄쇠파리Korean
  • liten kubremsNorwegian Bokmål
  • ПищеводникRussian
  • strečok dobytčíSlovak
  • litet oxstyngSwedish
  • lilla oxstyngetSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common cattle grub

Other species in the same genus Hypoderma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the common cattle grub an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common cattle grub as introduced in 2 countries: Japan and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the common cattle grub?

The common cattle grub (Hypoderma lineatum) belongs to the family Oestridae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{common_cattle_grub_2026,
  title = {Common cattle grub (Hypoderma lineatum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-cattle-grub},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}