Blackthorn Mining Bee vs Tea

Andrena varians compared with Camellia sinensis

Key Differences

• Blackthorn Mining Bee is Least Concern while Tea is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Tea
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Hymenoptera (แตน)	Ericales (อันดับกุหลาบป่า)
Family	Andrenidae	Theaceae
Genus	Andrena	Camellia
Species	Andrena varians	Camellia sinensis

Conservation Status

Blackthorn Mining Bee

LC — Least Concern

Tea

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackthorn Mining Bee	Tea
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.

Tea

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (Jamaica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.