Burbage Mining Bee vs purpleheart

Andrena lathyri compared with Tradescantia pallida

Key Differences

• Burbage Mining Bee is Least Concern while purpleheart is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burbage Mining Bee	purpleheart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Andrenidae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Andrena	Tradescantia
Species	Andrena lathyri	Tradescantia pallida

Conservation Status

Burbage Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

purpleheart

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burbage Mining Bee	purpleheart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burbage Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

purpleheart

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tuvalu), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden