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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Cellophane bees (Colletes) » Aster Cellophane Bee (Colletes compactus)

Species Colletes compactus - Aster Cellophane Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Colletidae (Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees)
Genus Colletes (Cellophane bees)
Species compactus (Aster Cellophane Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Colletes compacta Cresson, 1868, incorrect termination; Colletes hesperius Swenk, 1906; Colletes compactus hesperius Swenk, 1906, valid subspecies
Explanation of Names
Colletes compactus Cresson, 1868
Size
Female: Length 13 mm; wing length 9 mm.(1)
Male: Length 11 mm; wing length 8 mm.(1)
Range
Canada: All of the southern portion.
United Sates: Across much of the US, particularly the Northeast and Southwest.
Mexico: Durango and Zacatecas

Discover Life Map
Season
mid-July to mid-November
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Life Cycle
Parasitized by Epeolus pusillus.(2)
Internet References
Discover Life
iNaturalist
ITIS
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Colletes in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)
2.Biological Notes on Colletes compactus compactus and Its Cuckoo Bee, Epeolus pusillus
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 7 October, 2008 - 12:19pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 7 August, 2020 - 12:53pm

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