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Colletes sphaeralceae Timberlake, 1951

Properties

Scientific Name: Colletes sphaeralceae Timberlake, 1951

Common Name: Colletes sphaeralceae

Taxonomy

Colletes sphaeralceae Timberlake 1951b: 189 [♂‚,♀]

     Holotype ♂‚. USA, California, San Jacinto Mountains, Pinon Flat, 24 May 1939, by E.G. Linsley, on Sphaeralcea ambigua [CAS no. 14898]

Sociality: Solitary
Nesting: Ground
Wintering Stage: Adult

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Sphaeralcea sp.

Distribution: British Columbia, Manitoba
Ecozone: Prairie, Western Interior Basin