Black Tea-tree vs Burbage Mining Bee

Melaleuca bracteata compared with Andrena lathyri

Key Differences

• Black Tea-tree is Data Deficient while Burbage Mining Bee is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Tea-tree	Burbage Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Myrtaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Melaleuca	Andrena
Species	Melaleuca bracteata	Andrena lathyri

Conservation Status

Black Tea-tree

DD — Data Deficient

Burbage Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Tea-tree	Burbage Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Tea-tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India and South Africa.

Burbage Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Black Tea-tree

The Black Tea-tree (Melaleuca bracteata) is a species in the genus Melaleuca. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across India and South Africa.

Burbage Mining Bee

The Burbage Mining Bee (Andrena lathyri) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.