Actia interrupta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Genus: | Actia |
| Species: | A. interrupta
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| Binomial name | |
| Actia interrupta | |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tachinidae". ITIS Report. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
- ^ "Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names". Retrieved 2012-07-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.