Flower-Visiting Insects
of Cut-leaved Toothwort


Dentaria laciniata (Cut-leaved Toothwort)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., Schemske et al., MacRae, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb, Shm, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn (Rb, WR), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb, Shm), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla sn (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada bella sn (WR), Nomada cressonii sn (Rb, WR), Nomada cuneata sn (Rb, WR), Nomada dentariae sn fq (Rb), Nomada denticulata sn (WR), Nomada illinoiensis sn (Rb), Nomada integerrima sn (Rb), Nomada lepida sn (WR), Nomada luteola sn fq (Rb), Nomada luteoloides sn (WR), Nomada ovata sn (Rb), Nomada pygmaea sn (WR), Nomada sayi sn fq (Rb), Nomada sulphurata sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris (WR), Osmia cornifrons (WR), Osmia bucephala sn (Rb), Osmia lignaria sn (Rb), Osmia pumila sn (Rb)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn (Rb), Augochlora pura (WR), Halictus confusus (Shm, WR), Halictus ligatus sn (Rb), Halictus rubicundus sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum coeruleum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum ephialtum (WR), Lasioglossum foxii sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum gotham (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum oblongum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum platyparium (WR), Lasioglossum smilacinae (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum truncatum (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Rb, WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena arabis (Kr, WR), Andrena bisalicis sn (WR), Andrena carlini sn fq (Rb, Shm, WR), Andrena commoda (WR), Andrena cressonii sn (Rb, WR), Andrena dunningi (WR), Andrena erigeniae sn (Kr, Shm), Andrena forbesii (Kr, WR), Andrena hippotes (Kr, WR), Andrena illini (WR), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr, WR), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn (Rb, WR), Andrena nasonii (WR), Andrena nigrae sn (WR), Andrena polemonii sn (WR), Andrena pruni sn (Rb, WR), Andrena rugosa sn (Rb, Kr, Shm, WR), Andrena sayi sn fq (Rb), Andrena tridens sn (Rb)

Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Tapinoma sessile sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Camponotus subbarbatus sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Temnothorax curvispinosus sn np (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiata (Shm), Eupeodes americanus (WR), Helophilus fasciatus (Shm), Melanostoma sp. (Shm), Sphaerophoria contiqua fp np (Rb), Syrphus sp. (Shm), Syrphus torvus (Shm), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (Rb, WR)

Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio marcellus sn (Rb)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Carabidae: Lebia viridis (WR); Cleridae: Enoclerus nigripes (WR);
Kateretidae: Boreades abdominalis fp fq np (Rb); Nitidulidae: Brassicogethes simplipes (WR); Oedemeridae: Asclera ruficollis (WR)


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