Andrena melanochroa Cockerell, 1898
Properties
Scientific Name: Andrena melanochroa Cockerell, 1898
Common Name: Rose Miner Bee
Taxonomy
Andrena melanochroa Cockerell, 1898: 89 [♀,♂‚]
Holotype ♀. USA, Washington, Olympia, 25 May 1894, by T. Kinkaid [USNM no. 18927]
Micrandrena pacifica Ashmead, 1899: 54 [♀,♂‚]
Holotype ♀. USA, California, Alameda Co., June [USNM no. 6822]
Andrena fragariana Graenicher, 1904: 64 [♀,♂‚]
Holotype ♀. USA, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 9 June 1903, by S. Graenicher, on Fragaria virginiana [ANSP no. 4076]
Andrena (Micrandrena) vagans Cockerell, 1932: 157 [♀]
Holotype ♀. USA, Colorado, Boulder, 1925, by Norma LeVeque [UCNH]
Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Wintering Stage: Adult
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Vaccinium angustifolium
Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Atlantic Maritime, Boreal Shield, Mixwood Plains, Montane Cordillera, Pacific Maritime, Prairie, Western Interior Basin