Flower-Visiting Insects
of Leadplant

Amorpha canescens (Leadplant)
(bees collect pollen or suck nectar; beetles and some flies feed on pollen or flowers & are mostly non-pollinating; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Reed, Petersen, Moure & Hurd, Krombein et al., LaBerge, Hilty, and Mawdsley as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (Re), Bombus bimaculatus (Pt, Re), Bombus fervidus (Pt), Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb, Re), Bombus impatiens (Re), Bombus pensylvanica sn cp (Rb), Bombus ternarius (Re), Bombus vagans (Re), Psithyrus variabilis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp. (Re), Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn (Rb), Coelioxys sayi sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp (Rb), Megachile latimanus (Re), Megachile mendica (Re); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn cp fq olg (Rb, Re), Hoplitis pilosifrons sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn cp (Rb)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon texanus texanus sn (Rb), Augochlorella aurata sn cp (Rb), Augochlorella persimilis (MH), Augochlorella striata sn (Rb, Re), Halictus confusus (Rb, Re), Halictus parallelus sn (Rb), Halictus rubicunda sn cp fq (Rb, Re), Lasioglossum sp. (Re), Lasioglossum anomalis (Re), Lasioglossum cinctipes (Re), Lasioglossum coriaceus (MH, Re), Lasioglossum forbesii sn (Rb), Lasioglossum heterognathus (Re), Lasioglossum illinoensis (Re), Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp (Rb, Re), Lasioglossum laevissimus (Re), Lasioglossum lineatulus (Re), Lasioglossum obscurus (MH), Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus (Rb, Re), Lasioglossum tegularis sn (Rb, Re), Lasioglossum testaceus (MH), Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes albescens (LB), Colletes eulophi sn cp fq (Rb), Colletes mandibularis (LB), Colletes robertsonii (LB); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis cp np (Rb, Re), Hylaeus mesillae cp np (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena commoda (Re), Andrena helianthi (Re), Andrena hippotes (Kr), Andrena miranda (Re), Andrena quintilis cp olg (Kr), Andrena virginiana (Re), Andrena wilmattae (Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn (Rb), Heterosarus parvus (Re)

Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bicyrtes ventralis (Rb); Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachytes distinctus (Rb), Tachytes pepticus (Rb); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris sp. (Re), Cerceris bicornuta (Rb), Philanthus sanbornii (Re), Philanthus ventilabris (Rb); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi (Rb), Ammophila nigricans fq (Rb), Ammophila pictipennis (Rb), Ammophila procera (Rb), Isodontia apicalis (Rb), Podalonia mickeli (Re), Prionyx atrata fq (Rb), Prionyx thomae (Rb); Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis (Rb), Polistes fuscata (Re); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraterna (Rb), Stenodynerus anormis (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta (Rb)

Flies
Tabanidae: Chrysops sp. (Re); Syrphidae: Eristalis stipator (Re), Paragus bicolor fp np (Rb), Sphaerophoria sp. (Re), Sphaerophoria contiqua fp np (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (Re), Tropidia mamillata fp np (Rb); Bombyliidae: Hemipenthes sinuosa fp np (Rb), Systoechus sp. (Re), Toxophora amphitea sn (Rb); Conopidae: Physocephala tibialis (Re), Thecophora sp. (Re)

Butterflies
Lyceanidae: Satyrium edwardsii (Re)

Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis (Re)

Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata fp np (Rb); Cleridae: Phyllobaenus pubescens (Mwd); Meloidae: Epicauta murina fp np (Rb); Scarabaeidae: Popillia japonica gnw np (H)

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