alfalfa leaf-cutter bee vs black-calabash

Megachile rotundata compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• alfalfa leaf-cutter bee is Not Evaluated while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alfalfa leaf-cutter bee	black-calabash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Megachilidae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Megachile	Amphitecna
Species	Megachile rotundata	Amphitecna latifolia

Conservation Status

alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

NE — Not Evaluated

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alfalfa leaf-cutter bee	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile).

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

The Alfalfa leaf-cutter bee (Megachile rotundata) is a species in the genus Megachile. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.