Buff-tailed Mining Bee vs Wilde Fingerhirse

Andrena humilis compared with Eleusine indica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Wilde Fingerhirse
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Hautflügler)	Poales (Süßgrasartige)
Family	Andrenidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Andrena	Eleusine
Species	Andrena humilis	Eleusine indica

Conservation Status

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Wilde Fingerhirse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff-tailed Mining Bee	Wilde Fingerhirse
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.

Wilde Fingerhirse

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (23 countries), Europe (29 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (11 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden