Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs five-leaf crotalaria

Andrena humilis compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

  • Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Buff-tailed Mining Bee five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Andrenidae Fabaceae
Genus Andrena Crotalaria
Species Andrena humilis Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Buff-tailed Mining Bee five-leaf crotalaria
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.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).

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.

five-leaf crotalaria

No description available.

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