Flower-Visiting Insects
of Missouri Evening
Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa (Missouri Evening Primrose)
(the oligolectic bee collects pollen, while the Sphinx moth sucks nectar; observations are from Clinebell and Moddy-Weis & Heywood as indicated below)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum oenotherae cp olg (Cl)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hyles lineata sn (MWH)