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Species Andrena rugosa

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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 Trachandrena)
Species rugosa (Andrena rugosa)
Explanation of Names
Andrena (Trachandrena) rugosa Robertson, 1891
rugosa = from the Latin rūgōsa ('wrinkled, shriveled, rugose')
Size
Female 8-10 mm. Male 7-9 mm.
Identification
Facial fovea of the female extremely narrow below and separated from the inner margin of the compound eye by more than twice the width of the fovea (at the level of the greatest separation from the eye). Coarse punctures of scutum.
Range
Minnesota to the New England states and Nova Scotia, south to North Carolina and Georgia.
Season
April to July
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.