Image to followAI-generated illustrationMelecta albifrons
Melecta albifrons
Family: ApidaeGenus: Melectanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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29
Plants
visited
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34
Interactions
documented
About this species
Melecta albifrons is a bee of the family Apidae, recorded in Great Britain. It is univoltine and flies from March to May. Females have an intertegular distance of 3.62 mm and a tongue length of 7.33 mm.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
This species has a single generation each year (univoltine) and is active between March and May.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
na
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Melecta albifrons is a wild bee in the family Apidae. It has been recorded in Great Britain, where its occurrence is listed as present but of indeterminate status in the United Kingdom Species Inventory. This is a univoltine species, producing one generation per year, with adults reported between March and May. Females have an intertegular distance of 3.62 mm and a tongue length of 7.33 mm.
Visited plants
29 plants are visited by this species
Lamium purpureum var. incisumUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusViburnum lantanaMelilotus albusSalix auritaAjuga reptansSalix repensSalix alba subsp. coeruleaMelilotus altissimusViburnum opulusSalix cinereaBrassica oleracea subsp. oleraceaSalix capreaSalix pentandraLamium albumMelilotus officinalisSalix fragilisSalix viminalisPulmonaria officinalisPentaglottis sempervirensGlechoma hederaceaSalvia pratensisAubrieta deltoideaTaraxacum officinaleSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisLonicera tataricaMyosotis sylvaticaSyringa vulgarisMalus domestica
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•EBHD — European Biodiversity Hub Database v2025, Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17107215 (CC BY 4.0)
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