Actia pilipennis (Fallen, 1810)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Actia pilipennis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Anthophila fabriciana Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap Lepidoptera: Choreutidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Choreutidae/Anthophila fabriciana/Anthophila fabriciananettle-tap, Fabricius’s nettle-tap, common nettle-taplarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Pterophorus pentadactyla White Plume, White Plume Moth Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae/Pterophorus pentadactyla/Pterophorus pentadactylawhite plume, white plume mothlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Endothenia pullana Woundwort Marble Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Endothenia pullana/Endothenia pullanawoundwort marblelarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Grapholita gemmiferana Isle Of Wight Piercer Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Grapholita gemmiferana/Grapholita gemmiferanaisle of wight piercerlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Aphelia viburnana Bilberry Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
New host records of Lepidoptera associated with afforestation in Britain, Winter, T.G., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Aphelia viburnana/Aphelia viburnanabilberry tortrixlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Archips podanaQuestionable Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Archips podana/Archips podanalarge fruit-tree tortrix?larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Lozotaenia forsterana Large Ivy Twist, Large Ivy Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Lozotaenia forsterana/Lozotaenia forsteranalarge ivy twist, large ivy tortrixlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Pandemis cerasana Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Pandemis cerasana/Pandemis cerasanabarred fruit-tree tortrixlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Pandemis corylana Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
The natural history of three oak-feeding tortricids: Ptycholoma lecheana (L.), Pandemis cerasana (Hb.) and Batodes angustiorana (Haw.), Matthey, W., 1967
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Pandemis corylana/Pandemis corylanachequered fruit-tree tortrixlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Ptycholoma lecheana Brindled Twist Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Ptycholoma lecheana/Ptycholoma lecheanabrindled twistlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Ditula angustiorana Red-barred Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
A list of parasites bred from Tortrix and Tineid hosts, Hey, G.L., 1935
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Ditula angustiorana/Ditula angustioranared-barred tortrixlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Acleris aspersana Ginger Button Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Acleris aspersana/Acleris aspersanaginger buttonlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Acleris bergmanniana Yellow Rose Button Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Acleris bergmanniana/Acleris bergmannianayellow rose buttonlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Acleris logiana Grey Birch Button Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Acleris logiana/Acleris logianagrey birch buttonlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Acleris rufana Sweet-gale Button Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Acleris rufana/Acleris rufanasweet-gale buttonlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Tortrix viridana Green Oak-tortix, Green Oak Tortrix Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortrix viridana/Tortrix viridanagreen oak-tortix, green oak tortrixlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Agonopterix umbellana Gorse Flat-body Lepidoptera: Depressariidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Depressariidae/Agonopterix umbellana/Agonopterix umbellanagorse flat-bodylarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Hypatima rhomboidella Square-spot Crest Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Hypatima rhomboidella/Hypatima rhomboidellasquare-spot crestlarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 103: 23-38.
Hey, G.L., 1935A list of parasites bred from Tortrix and Tineid hostsEnt. Mon. Mag. 71: 186-187.
Matthey, W., 1967The natural history of three oak-feeding tortricids: Ptycholoma lecheana (L.), Pandemis cerasana (Hb.) and Batodes angustiorana (Haw.)Entomologist 100: 115-120.
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Winter, T.G., 1974New host records of Lepidoptera associated with afforestation in BritainEnt. Gazette 25: 247-258.

Actia pilipennis (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Actia pilipennis (a parasitoid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesActia pilipennis (a parasitoid fly)
GenusActia (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeSiphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Actia pilipennis (a parasitoid fly)

Actia pilipennis (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Actia pilipennis (a parasitoid fly):

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