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Species Triopasites penniger

Triopasites penniger  - Triopasites penniger - female Triopasites penniger - male Triopasites penniger - male Triopasites penniger - male
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 Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Brachynomadini
Genus Triopasites
Species penniger (Triopasites penniger)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nomada penniger Cockerell, 1894; Nomada pasitura Cockerell, 1935; Triopasites timberlakei Linsley, 1939; Triopasites micheneri Timberlake, 1943; Triopasites laguna Linsley, 1943
Explanation of Names
Author: (Cockerell, 1894)
Range
NE, CA, NM, TX, Mexico
Food
Recorded on Trianthema, Acamptopappus, Pectis, Verbesina, Prosopis. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.