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Centris flavofasciata
Yellow-banded Oil-Digger
Centris flavofasciata is a species of oil-collecting bee in the family Apidae, tribe Centridini. It is known to serve as a host for the cleptoparasitic bee Mesoplia sapphirina, which exploits its nests. Like other Centris species, it has been observed collecting floral oils rather than nectar from certain plants. The species occurs in Middle and North America.