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Species Andrena regularis

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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 Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
Subfamily Andreninae (Mining Bees)
Genus Andrena
No Taxon (Subgenus Melandrena)
Species regularis (Andrena regularis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andrena regularis Malloch, 1917
Andrena bryanti Cockerell, 1938
Identification
Female: Clypeus uniformly punctate, lacking median impunctate line (such a line conspicuous in carlini) and pygidial plate strongly narrowed (broader in carlini)
Range
Best known from Eastern Canada and Northeastern USA. Less common than A. carlini southward
Habitat
Favors blueberry barrens
Season
Spring
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.
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