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Male on Odontites vulgaris. Ljubljana, Tomačevski prod, August 2005.

 

Melitta tricincta Kirby, 1802

 

 

Eurosiberian species. In the sub-Mediterranean, Dinaric, pre-Alpine and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Odontites (Scrophulariaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies in August and September.

 

Female on Odontites luteus. Zagorje, Pivka, August 2010.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Razširjena, vendar redka.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia