Xylocopa tenuiscapa, or the slender-scaped carpenter bee,[2] is a species of carpenter bee found only in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.

Like most bees, X. tenuiscapa has a diurnal activity cycle, but in the Western Ghats of Southern India, the species flies in moonlit nights[3][4] and has been observed as pollinator of nocturnally flowering trees.

[5] Males of the species perch on exposed sites close to nests or in the landscape waiting for occasions to mate.

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