Flower-Visiting Insects
of Missouri Evening Primrose


Oenothera macrocarpa (Missouri Evening Primrose)
(the oligolectic bee collects pollen, while the Sphinx moth sucks nectar; observations are from Clinebell and Moddy-Weis & Heywood as indicated below)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum oenotherae cp olg (Cl)

Moths
Sphingidae: Hyles lineata sn (MWH)


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