Alfken's Mini-miner vs Mountain yam

Andrena alfkenella compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alfken's Mini-miner	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Andrenidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Andrena	Dioscorea
Species	Andrena alfkenella	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Alfken's Mini-miner

NT — Near Threatened

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alfken's Mini-miner	Mountain yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alfken's Mini-miner

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Mountain yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Alfken's Mini-miner

The Alfken's Mini-miner (Andrena alfkenella) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.