Flowering Plants Visited
by Melissodes
comptoides
Melissodes comptoides Robertson: Anthophoridae (Eucerini), Hymenoptera
(observations are from Robertson, LaBerge, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Apiaceae: Cicuta maculata (LB); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias syriaca [plpr sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Helianthus annuus (LB), Liatris spicata (WR), Ratibida pinnata sn (Rb), Solidago gigantea (LB), Vernonia fasciculata (LB); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasiculata [flwr cp fq] (Rb); Capparaceae: Cleome serrulata (LB); Fabaceae: Dalea purpurea sn fq (Rb), Lespedeza virginica sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Blephilia ciliata (LB), Blephilia hirsuta sn fq (Rb), Lycopus americanus sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn (Rb), Monarda punctata (LB), Prunella vulgaris sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum pilosum sn fq (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum virginianum sn (Rb), Teucrium canadense sn fq (Rb); Lythraceae: Lythrum alatum sn cp fq (Rb); Malvaceae: Abutilon theophrastii sn cp (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (Rb), Verbena stricta sn fq (Rb)