''Actia lamia'' is the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
of the genus ''
Actia
In Ancient Roman religious tradition, Actia (Greek: '')'' was a festival of Apollo, celebrated at Nicopolis in Epirus, with wrestling, musical contests, horse racing, and sea battles. It was reestablished by Augustus, in commemoration of his vic ...
'' of the family
Tachinidae.
Range
It is a common
Europe
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an 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.
Biology
Like most tachinids it is a
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
Lepidoptera
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. Its biology has not been well studied, but it has been reared from species of ''
Epiblema'' (
microlepidoptera).
References
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of Asia
lamia
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Insects described in 1838
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