Actia diffidens

Actia diffidens is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Actia of the family Tachinidae.[2][3] It is known to parasitize Canadian tortricid moth larvae.[4][5]

Actia diffidens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Actia
Species:
A. diffidens
Binomial name
Actia diffidens
Curran, 1933[1]

Distribution

Ontario to New Brunswick, to Missouri and North Carolina and New Mexico.[5]

References

  1. Curran, C.H. (1933). "The North American species of Acia in the American Museum of Natural History" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (614): 1–7. hdl:2246/2045.
  2. "ITIS - Report: Tachinidae".
  3. "Actia - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  4. Andersen, Stig (1996). The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 33. Leiden: Brill. pp. 148 pp. ISBN 90-04-10731-2.
  5. "Taxonomic and Host Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico". North American Dipterists Society. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.


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