Cranberry Leafcutter

Megachile addenda

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae

Megachile addenda is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1878. It is a pollinator of cranberries, nesting in sand beds.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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