Andrena cressonii infasciata Lanham, 1949
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena cressonii infasciata Lanham, 1949
Common Name: Cresson\'s Infasciate Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Andrena cressonii infasciata Lanham 1949: 147 [♀, ♂].
Holotype ♀. USA, California, 4 miles NW of Oringa, 27 March 1945, by C.C. Lanham and U.N. Lanham, on Brassica [CAS no. 6132].
Distribution in Canada: Viereck et al. 1904 [BC, as A. cressonii Robertson]; Criddle et al. 1924 [BC, as A. cressonii Robertson, as A. trumani Viereck and Cockerell]; LaBerge 1985 [BC]
References
LaBerge WE (1985) A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part XI. Minor subgenera and subgeneric key. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 111(4): 441-567.http://www.jstor.org/stable/25078376
Lanham UN (1949) A subgeneric classification of the new world bees of the genus Andrena. University of California Publications in Entomology 8(5): 183-238.
Criddle N, Curran CH, Viereck HL, Buckell ER (1924) The entomological record, 1923. Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 54: 87-102.
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Brassica sp.
Non Crop Preference: Ceanothus sp., Astragalus sp., Leucanthemum vulgare, Barbarea sp., Amelanchier sp., Aruncus sp., Crataegus sp., Capsella bursa-pastoris, Lasthenia sp., Alliaria petiolata, Antennaria sp., Barbarea vulgaris, Acer saccharinum, Berberis sp., Apocynum × floribundum, Achillea millefolium, Cornus sericea, Agoseris heterophylla, Stellaria media, Antennaria neglecta, Anthemis cotula, Camassia quamash
Distribution: British Columbia
Ecozone: Pacific Maritime, Western Interior Basin