Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hoary Puccoon

Lithospermum canescens (Hoary Puccoon)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Reed, Grundel & Pavlovic, Macior, MacRae, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus fervidus sn (Mc), Bombus fraternus sn (Rb), Bombus griseocollis sn (Mc), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, Mc, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragei sn (Rb), Synhalonia illinoensis sn (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa sn fq icp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Melectini): Melecta thoracica sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada obliterata sn (Rb), Nomada ovata sn (Rb), Nomada superba sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Osmia cordata sn (Rb), Osmia cornifrons sn (WR), Osmia distincta sn cp (Rb), Osmia illinoensis sn cp fq (Rb)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Halictus rubicundus (WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum cp (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum cp (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (Re), Lasioglossum pilosum (Re), Lasioglossum smilacinae cp (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR), Myrmica AF-eva sn np (WR), Myrmica americana sn np (WR)

Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps sn (Rb), Bombylius major sn fq (Rb)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (Rb), Phyciodes tharos sn (Rb), Vanessa atalanta sn (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis sn (Rb); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (GP), Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn fq (Rb), Pieris rapae sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio marcellus sn fq (Rb), Papilio polyxenes asterias sn fq (Rb, WR)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis baptisiae sn (Rb), Erynnis brizo sn (Rb), Erynnis icelus sn fq (Rb), Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb), Erynnis martialis sn (Rb), Hesperia leonardus sn (Re), Pholisora catullus sn (Rb)

Moths
Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera sn (Rb)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis fp (WR)

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