Physical Description
Type Information
Lectotype for Melissodes coloradensis Cresson, 1878
Catalog Number: USNM
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Sex/Stage: Female;
Preparation: Pinned
Locality: Colo., Colorado, United States
Catalog Number: USNM
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Sex/Stage: Female;
Preparation: Pinned
Locality: Colo., Colorado, United States
- Lectotype: 1878. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 200.
© Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
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Ecology
Associations
Flowering Plants Visited by Melissodes coloradensis in Illinois
Melissodes coloradensis Cresson: Anthophoridae (Eucerini), Hymenoptera
(observations are from Robertson)
Asteraceae: Cirsium discolor sn cp (Rb), Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Coreopsis tripteris sn cp (Rb), Helianthus annuus sn (Rb), Helianthus divaricatus sn cp fq (Rb), Helianthus grosseserratus sn cp fq (Rb), Helianthus mollis sn (Rb), Helianthus tuberosus sn cp fq (Rb), Heliopsis helianthoides sn (Rb), Liatris pycnostachya sn (Rb), Rudbeckia laciniata sn (Rb), Silphium integrifolium sn cp (Rb), Silphium laciniatum sn cp fq (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum sn cp (Rb), Silphium terebinthinaceum sn (Rb); Lythraceae: Lythrum alatum sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (Rb), Verbena stricta sn (Rb)
(observations are from Robertson)
Asteraceae: Cirsium discolor sn cp (Rb), Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Coreopsis tripteris sn cp (Rb), Helianthus annuus sn (Rb), Helianthus divaricatus sn cp fq (Rb), Helianthus grosseserratus sn cp fq (Rb), Helianthus mollis sn (Rb), Helianthus tuberosus sn cp fq (Rb), Heliopsis helianthoides sn (Rb), Liatris pycnostachya sn (Rb), Rudbeckia laciniata sn (Rb), Silphium integrifolium sn cp (Rb), Silphium laciniatum sn cp fq (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum sn cp (Rb), Silphium terebinthinaceum sn (Rb); Lythraceae: Lythrum alatum sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (Rb), Verbena stricta sn (Rb)
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Hilty, J. Editor. 2013. Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers. World Wide Web electronic publication. illinoiswildflowers.info, version (05/2013)
See: Abbreviations for Insect Activities, Abbreviations for Scientific Observers, References for behavioral observations
© John Hilty
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