Tetralonia malvae

Tetralonia malvae, also known as the Mallow longhorn, is a species of insect belonging to the family Apidae.

[2] The bee takes pollen from oligolectic sources on the mallow family (Malvaceae).

[3] They generally nest on bare or sparsely overgrown ground, even to heavily sloping surfaces, or in steep walls in self-dug corridors in the earth, often in aggregations.

[3] The species inhabits dry and warm locations; vineyards, fallow and ruderal areas, sand and clay pits, steep banks, from plains to the montane altitude level.

[3] The species is found from Spain, across southern and central Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Caucasus to Central Asia; north to Lithuania and Orenburg; south to Sicily, Crete, Syria, Iraq and Northern Iran.