chainfruit vs Large Scabious Mining Bee

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Andrena hattorfiana

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Large Scabious Mining Bee is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Large Scabious Mining Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Apocynaceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Alyxia	Andrena
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Andrena hattorfiana

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Large Scabious Mining Bee

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Large Scabious Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Large Scabious Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.