Actia lamia

Actia lamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Actia
Species: A. lamia
Binomial name
Actia lamia
(Meigen, 1838)
Synonyms

Actia lamia is the type species of the genus Actia of the family Tachinidae.[2][3].

Range

It is a common Europen species, ranging extents from Italy in the south, to parts of Norway in the north, and from Great Britain (excluding Ireland) in the west to the Caucusus and parts of Siberia in the east.[1]

Biology

Like most tachinids it is a parasitoid of Lepidoptera. Its biology has not been well studied, but it has been reared from species of Epiblema (microlepidoptera).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Andersen, Stig (1996). The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 33. Leiden: Brill. pp. 148 pp. ISBN 90 04 10731 2. 
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