Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Impunctate Cellophane Bee

Alkanna maleolens compared with Colletes impunctatus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Impunctate Cellophane Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Impunctate Cellophane Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Boraginaceae	Colletidae
Genus	Alkanna	Colletes
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Colletes impunctatus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Impunctate Cellophane Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Impunctate Cellophane Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Impunctate Cellophane Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.