Actia interrupta

Actia interrupta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Genus:	Actia
Species:	A. interrupta
Binomial name
Actia interrupta Curran, 1933 [1]
Synonyms
Actia labellataKamran, 1980 Actia paucisetaKamran, 1980

Actia interrupta is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Actia of the family Tachinidae. ^{[2] [3]} Actia interrupta is an important parasitoid of the genus Choristoneura , which includes pests such as the spruce budworm. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Distribution

Alaska, British Columbia to Newfoundland, California to Virginia and Tennessee, not recorded from most of central United States with the exception of Colorado. ^[6]

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. "Tachinidae". ITIS Report. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
3. "Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names" . Retrieved 2012-07-15.
4. Cusson, Michel; Laforge, Marlène; Régnière, Jacques; Béliveau, Catherine; Trudel, Diane; Thireau, J.‐Claude; Bellemare, Guy; Keirstead, Natalie; Stolz, Don (February 2002). "Multiparasitism of Choristoneura fumiferana by the ichneumonid Tranosema rostrale and the tachinid Actia interrupta : occurrence in the field and outcome of competition under laboratory conditions". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 102 (2): 125–133. doi:10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00932.x.
5. Schoenmaker, Astrid; Cusson, Michel; van Frankenhuyzen, Kees (2001). "Interactions between Bacillus thuringiensis and parasitoids of late-instar larvae of the spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Can. J. Zool. 79 (9). Canada: NRC Canada: 1697–1703. doi:10.1139/z01-127.
6. "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.