Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Osmia (Chenosmia) clarescens Cockerell
This is a southwestern desert, spring species occurring from southern California to New Mexico. It is polylectic, taking pollen from a wide variety of plants. Timberlake captured a female at Larrea in Palm Canyon, Borrego State Park, San Diego County, California in mid-April. We have no further Larrea records.
- bibliographic citation
- Hurd, Paul D., Jr. and Linsley, E. Gorton. 1975. "The principal Larrea bees of the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-74. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.193
