Actia lamia explained

Actia lamia is the type species of the genus Actia of the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Range

It is a common European species, ranging extents from Italy in the south, to parts of Norway in the north, and from Great Britain (excluding Ireland) in the west to the Caucasus and parts of Siberia in the east.^[6]

Biology

Like most tachinids it is a parasitoid of Lepidoptera. Its biology has not been well studied, but it has been reared from species of Epiblema (microlepidoptera).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Actia - Nomen.at - animals and plants.
2. Web site: Actia lamia (Meigen, 1838). https://web.archive.org/web/20150214200220/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=144640. dead. February 14, 2015. Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. 14 February 2015.
3. Book: Chandler, Peter J.. 1998. Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. 1. 1–234. 0-901546-82-8. Royal Entomological Society of London. London.
4. Tachinid Flies Diptera Tachinidae. Belshaw. Robert. 1993. Royal Entomological Society of London. Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10. 4ai. 170.
5. Ditera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Section (a) Tachinidae & Calliphoridae . van Emden. F.I.. 1954. Royal Entomological Society of London. Royal Entomological Society Handbooks. 10. 4a. 133.
6. Book: Soós. Á. Papp. L. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 11 Anthomyiidae - Tachinidae . 1993. Hung. Nat. Hist. Mus.. Budapest. 963-05-3910-1. 1–624.