Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Light Bossé

Andrena humilis compared with Leplaea cedrata

Key Differences

• Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct while Light Bossé is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Light Bossé
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Andrenidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Andrena	Leplaea
Species	Andrena humilis	Leplaea cedrata

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Light Bossé

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Light Bossé
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.

Light Bossé

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.