Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs cloaked pug

Andrena humilis compared with Eupithecia abietaria

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while cloaked pug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	cloaked pug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Andrenidae	Geometridae
Genus	Andrena	Eupithecia
Species	Andrena humilis	Eupithecia abietaria

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff-tailed Mining Bee and cloaked pug share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

cloaked pug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	cloaked pug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

cloaked pug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

The Buff-Tailed Mining Bee (Andrena humilis) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

cloaked pug

The cloaked pug (Eupithecia abietaria) is a geometrid moth in the family Geometridae found across boreal and montane Europe, with populations extending from Scandinavia through the Alps and Carpathians into central Siberia. The adult wingspan measures approximately 20–25 mm, with the intricate grey, white, and dark cross-banded pattern typical of pug moths providing superb camouflage against spruce bark and lichen-covered surfaces. The species is closely associated with Norway spruce (Picea abies) and related conifers, whose developing cones serve as the principal larval foodplant. Larvae feed within the scales of ripening cones, making detection and study challenging. Adults fly in a single generation from June to August, active at night and attracted to light. The cloaked pug is characteristic of mature boreal coniferous forest and montane spruce woodland, habitats that have declined in extent across parts of Central Europe due to conversion to plantation forestry and changing forest management practices. Its conservation depends on the maintenance of naturally structured boreal and subalpine forests with abundant cone-bearing conifers.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden