Actia interrupta
Encyclopedia
Actia interrupta is a species of tachinid flies
in the genus Actia
of the family Tachinidae
. Actia interrupta is an important parasitoid
of the obliquebanded leafroller.
Tachinidae
Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America. Insects in this family are commonly called tachina flies or simply tachinids...
in the genus Actia
Actia (genus)
Actia is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae.-Species:*Actia amblycera Aldrich, 1934*Actia americana*Actia ampla*Actia antiqua*Actia atra*Actia autumnalis *Actia biarticulata...
of the family Tachinidae
Tachinidae
Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America. Insects in this family are commonly called tachina flies or simply tachinids...
. Actia interrupta is an important parasitoid
Parasitoid
A parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host organism in a relationship that is in essence parasitic; unlike a true parasite, however, it ultimately sterilises or kills, and sometimes consumes, the host...
of the obliquebanded leafroller.