Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pale Purple
Coneflower
Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; beetles feed on nectar, feed on pollen, or gnaw on floral tissue; plant bugs suck nectar or feed on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, LaBerge, Clinebell, MacRae, Wilhelm & Rericha, Rightmyer, and Williams as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (Rb, WR), Bombus bimaculatus (Cl, WR), Bombus griseocollis (Cl, WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb, Cl), Bombus separatus sn (Rb), Psithyrus variabilis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp (Rb), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus cressonii sn (Rtm), Triepeolus dacotensis sn (Rtm), Triepeolus lunatus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes illata (WR), Melissodes subillata (WR), Svastra obliqua obliqua (LB); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada affabilis sn (Rb), Nomada superba superba sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn (Rb, WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn (Rb, Cl), Megachile latimanus (WR), Megachile mendica sn (Rb), Megachile montivaga sn (Rb, WR), Megachile pugnata sn (Rb, WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades variolosus (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon texanus texanus sn cp (Rb), Agapostemon virescens sn (Rb, Cl, WR), Augochlora pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata sn (Rb, WR), Augochlorella striata sn (Rb), Halictus ligatus sn cp (Rb, WR), Halictus rubicundus (Cl), Lasioglossum sp. (Cl), Lasioglossum imitatum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum pruinosum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena beameri (Cl), Andrena helianthiformis fq cp olg (Cl); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Heterosarus albitarsis sn cp (Rb), Pseudopanurgus albitarsis (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila nigricans sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus hidalgo sn (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus americanus sn np (WR), Formica incerta sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Lasius neoniger sn np (WR), Nylanderia parvula sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Myrmica AF-smi sn np (WR)
Flies
Tachinidae: Spallanzania hesperidarum sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (Rb), Danaus plexippus sn (Rb, WR), Euphydryas phaeton sn (WR), Euptoieta claudia sn (Cl), Limenitis archippus sn (Rb), Phyciodes tharos sn (WR), Speyeria cybele sn (Cl, WR), Speyeria idalia sn fq (Cl), Vanessa atalanta sn (Rb), Vanessa cardui sn (WR), Vanessa virginiensis sn (Rb, Cl, WR); Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb), Strymon melinus sn (Cl); Pieridae: Colias eurytheme sn (Cl), Colias philodice sn (Rb, WR), Pontia protodice sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio cresphontes sn (WR), Papilio glaucus sn (WR), Papilio polyxenes asterias sn (Rb, Cl, WR)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Anatrytone logan sn (Cl), Epargyreus clarus sn (Cl, WR), Euphyes vestris sn (Cl), Polites mystic sn (WR), Polites origenes sn fq (Cl), Polites peckius sn (Rb), Polites themistocles sn fq (Rb, Cl), Pompeius verna sn (WR), Problema byssus sn (Cl)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris thysbe sn (Rb)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera ornata (McR); Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (WR); Cerambycidae: Batyle suturalis (WR), Typocerus lugubris (WR), Typocerus sinuatus fp np (Rb); Chrysomelidae: Acanthoscelides seminulum (WR), Diabrotica cristata gnw np (WR), Diabrotica undecimpunctata (WR); Curculionidae: Haplorhynchites aeneus (WR), Odontocorynus salebrosus (WR); Elateridae: Limonius griseus (Cl); Mordellidae: Mordella atrata (WR)
True Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris lineolatus sn (WR, Wm2), Plagiognathus politus (WR)