Image to followAI-generated illustrationMelitta leporina
Melitta leporina
Family: MelittidaeGenus: Melittanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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32
Plants
visited
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41
Interactions
documented
About this species
A small solitary bee of the family Melittidae. It is univoltine and oligolectic, with adult activity from June to September.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from June to September. The species has one generation per year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligolektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Melitta leporina is a univoltine wild bee, producing a single generation each year. It is oligolectic, specialising on pollen from a restricted range of flowering plants. The female has an inter-tegular distance of 2.29 mm, indicating a relatively small size. Its flight period lasts from June through to September. This species is recorded in Great Britain.
Visited plants
32 plants are visited by this species
Veronica anagallis-aquaticaKnautia arvensisTrifolium mediumVeronica spicataTrifolium campestreLimonium binervosumMelilotus altissimusScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisMelilotus officinalisLimonium vulgareVeronica officinalisMelilotus albusOdontites vernusCirsium arvenseMedicago sativaJacobaea vulgarisBrassica rapaCentaurea cyanusCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraOriganum vulgareCentaurea scabiosaTrifolium hybridumTrifolium dubiumVeronica persicaTrifolium pratenseTrifolium repens subsp. repensLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusHypochaeris radicataMedicago falcataAchillea millefolium var. collinaSonchus arvensisSalvia sclarea
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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