Blackthorn Mining Bee vs Katung Fa

Andrena varians compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Hymenoptera (แตน)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Andrenidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Andrena	Alstonia
Species	Andrena varians	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackthorn Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Blackthorn Mining Bee

The Blackthorn Mining Bee (Andrena varians) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.