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Genus Actia

Tachinid ex tortricid witch hazel leafroller - Actia diffidens - female

Tachinidae, ex tortricid, spent pupa - Actia interrupta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)

Subfamily Tachininae

Tribe Siphonini

Genus Actia

Explanation of Names

Actia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Numbers

8 spp. in our area(1), ~70 total(2)

Identification

The genus Actia is now restricted to Siphonini with incomplete anal vein and a row of hairs along the katepisternum in front of the mid coxa.

Range

worldwide(2)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico

2.	O’Hara J.E., Henderson S.J. (2020) World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0

Contributed by John F. Carr on 12 September, 2015 - 9:05am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 May, 2023 - 8:24pm

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