Flowering Plants Visited
by Melissodes
communis
Melissodes communis Cresson: Anthophoridae (Eucerini), Hymenoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Mitchell, Thieret, Smith et al.)
Acanthaceae: Justicia americana sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias tuberosa [plpr sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Aster spp. fq (Smh), Aster novae-angliae (Smh), Chrysopsis sp. fq (Smh), Cirsium discolor sn (Rb), Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Helenium amarum (Smh), Helenium autumnale (Smh), Heterotheca camporum (Smh), Ratibida pinnata (Smh), Rudbeckia hirta (Smh), Silphium sp. (Smh), Silphium laciniatum (Smh), Silphium terebinthinaceum (Smh), Solidago sp. fq (Smh), Vernonia sp. (Smh); Cactaceae: Opuntia humifusa (Mch); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasciculata [flwr cp] (Rb); Capparaceae: Cleome serrulata (Mch); Fabaceae: Dalea candida fq (Smh), Dalea purpurea sn cp fq (Rb, Smh), Melilotus officinalis (Smh), Trifolium pratense (Smh); Lamiaceae: Blephilia ciliata (Smh), Blephilia hirsuta sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa cp (Rb), Nepeta cataria sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb), Teucrium canadense sn (Rb); Linaceae: Linum sulcatum (Smh); Lythraceae: Lythrum alatum sn (Rb); Malvaceae: Abutilon theophrastii sn cp (Rb); Pedaliaceae: Proboscidea louisianica sn/cp (Thr); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn cp (Rb), Hedyotis nigricans (Smh); Verbenaceae: Verbena stricta sn fq (Rb)