Hoplitis mocsaryi

In Central Europe only proven from Lower Austria and Burgenland (historical and current).

[3] Warm, dry locations with stocks of forage plants, such as flood dams, steppes.

[3] Pollen sources: Oligolectic on Linum, Linaceae family.

[3] Dedicated to the Hungarian hymenopterologist Alexander (= Sandor) Mocsáry (1841-1915).

[3] Subgenus Lepidandrena HEDICKE, 1933, florivaga group.

The nests of Mosary's small-mason ( Hoplitis mocsaryi ) are lined with Linum leaves. Guntramsdorf, Austria, June 2021
The nests of Mosary's small-mason ( Hoplitis mocsaryi ) are lined with Linum leaves. Guntramsdorf, Austria, June 2021