Flower-Visiting Insects
of Northern
Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar only; according to Stephenson, honeybees, skippers, and ants are not effective at cross-pollination; the nectar is toxic to ants and skippers, but not bees and moths; most of the moths were nocturnal visitors; except for a single observation from Fleming as indicated below, all observations are from Stephenson or Stephenson & Thomas)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn np; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn cp; Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn cp
Ants
Formicidae: Camponotus nearcticus sn np, Camponotus novaeboracensis sn np, Crematogaster cerasi sn np, Formica lasioides sn np, Formica nitidiventris sn np, Formica pallidefulva sn np, Prenolepis imparis sn np
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes hobomok sn np
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn, Ctenucha virginica sn; Geometridae: Eubaphe mendica sn, Euchlaena effecta sn, Euchlaena serrata sn, Eusarca confusaria sn, Itame sp. sn, Lytrosis unitaria sn, Scopula limboundata sn, Tetracis crocallata sn, Xanthotype sospeta sn; Lasiocampidae: Malacosoma americanum sn; Noctuidae: Diachrysia balluca sn, Plusia sp. sn; Sphingidae: Sphinx eremitus (Flm) sn