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Species Perdita perpallida

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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 Panurginae (Panurgine Bees)
Tribe Panurgini (Fairy Bees and Allies)
Subtribe Perditina (Fairy and Goblin Bees)
Genus Perdita (Fairy Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Perdita)
No Taxon (octomaculata species group)
Species perpallida (Perdita perpallida)
Other Common Names
pale miner bee
Explanation of Names
Author: Cockerell, 1901
Size
Female: 6 mm. Male: 5 mm.
Identification
Large variation in color in this species; piceous areas much reduced or entirely absent; ground color becoming pale yellow.
Range
Alberta to Wisconsin. Discover Life Map.
Season
July
Food
A specialist on Petalostemon. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
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