Actia diffidens

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

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]}

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.