''Actia interrupta'' is a species of
tachinid flies in the genus ''
Actia'' of the family
Tachinidae. ''Actia interrupta'' is an important
parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...
of the genus ''
Choristoneura'', which includes pests such as the
spruce budworm.
Distribution
Alaska,
British Columbia to
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
,
California to
Virginia and
Tennessee, not recorded from most of central
United States with the exception of
Colorado.
References
Diptera of North America
interrupta
Insects described in 1933
Taxa named by Charles Howard Curran
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