Osmia (Pyrosmia) ferruginea Latreille, 1811

Polylectic with a preference for Fabaceae; additional pollen sources include Boraginaceae (Echiochilon, Echium), Reseda (Resedaceae), Lamiaceae, Plantaginaceae (Antirrhineae) and Cistaceae (A. Müller, unpublished, based on 52 pollen samples from 31 different localities and on field observations).

Mavromoustakis (1948; 1952) reports visitation to Teucrium polium micropodioides (Lamiaceae); Onobrychis venosa; Medicago marina (Fabaceae) in Cyprus. Roberts (2017; pers obs.) found females visiting flowers of Onobrychis sp. (Fabaceae).

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