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Female on Cerinthe minor. Preserje pod Krimom, April 2005 (above and below).	Osmia cerinthidis Morawitz, 1875 East Mediterranean species. In Slovenia in Bohinj (Alpine region) and Preserje pod Krimom (Dinaric region). Oligolectic, specialized on Cerinthe (Boraginaceae). Nests probably in wood burrows. Univoltine. Flies from April to June.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Znana je le iz Bohinja in iz Preserij pod Krimom. Zelo ogrožena vrsta.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia