Burbage Mining Bee vs Mountain yam

Andrena lathyri compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Burbage Mining Bee is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burbage Mining Bee	Mountain yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (inseto)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Andrenidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Andrena	Dioscorea
Species	Andrena lathyri	Dioscorea hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Burbage Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burbage Mining Bee	Mountain yam
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.

Mountain yam

Habitat

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

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.