Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Pyramidflower

Andrena humilis compared with Melochia pyramidata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Pyramidflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Andrenidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Andrena	Melochia
Species	Andrena humilis	Melochia pyramidata

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Pyramidflower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Pyramidflower
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.

Pyramidflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Seychelles), Asia (India, Timor-Leste), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.