Flowering Plants Visited
by Melissodes agilis

Meliisodes agilis Cresson: Anthophoridae (Eucerini), Hymenoptera
(Observations are from Robertson, Mitchell, Petersen, Graenicher, Reed, Smith et al., Grundel et al., Wilhelm & Rericha, and Discover Life. This insect is an oligolege of Helianthus spp.)

Apiaceae: Sium suave sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias syriaca [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias tuberosa [plup sn] (Pt); Asteraceae: Aster novae-angliae sn cp (Rb), Aster salicifolius sn (Rb), Bidens aristosa sn fq (Rb), Bidens cernua sn (Rb), Cirsium altissimum sn (Rb), Cirsium discolor sn (Rb, Re), Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Coreopsis palmata sn (Rb, Gnd), Coreopsis tripteris sn (Rb), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus sn (Rb), Euthamia graminifolia (Gr), Helenium autumnale sn (Rb, Gr), Helianthus annuus sn cp fq olg (Rb), Helianthus divaricatus sn cp olg (Rb), Helianthus grosseserratus sn cp olg fq (Rb, WR), Helianthus hirsutus cp olg (WR), Helianthus mollis sn cp olg (Rb), Helianthus pauciflorus sn cp olg (Rb, Re, WR), Helianthus strumosus cp olg (Gr), Helianthus tuberosus sn cp fq olg (Rb, Re, WR), Heliopsis helianthoides (Mch), Liatris pycnostachya sn fq (Rb), Liatris spicata (Gr), Ratibida pinnata sn fq (Rb, Gr), Rudbeckia hirta (Gr, WR), Rudbeckia laciniata (Gr), Rudbeckia triloba sn fq (Rb), Silphium integrifolium sn fq (Rb), Silphium laciniatum sn fq (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum sn fq (Rb, WR), Silphium terebinthinaceum (Pt, WR), Solidago canadensis sn (WR), Vernonia fasciculata sn (Rb), Vernonia missurica sn (WR); Capparaceae: Cleome serrulata (Mch); Fabaceae: Dalea purpurea sn (Rb, Re, Smh), Medicago sativa (DL); Lamiaceae: Blephilia hirsuta sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum pilosum sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb), Teucrium canadense sn (Rb); Malvaceae: Abutilon theophrastii sn (Rb); Mimosaceae: Schrankia nuttallii (Mch); Scrophulariaceae: Physostegia virginiana (Mch); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (Rb), Verbena stricta sn fq (Rb, Re, WR)

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