Flowering Plants Visited
by Melissodes
denticulata
Melissodes denticulata Smith: Anthophoridae (Eucerini), Hymenoptera
(Observations are from Robertson, Smith et al., Grundel et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha. This bee is an oligolege of Vernonia spp.)
Asteraceae: Arctium minus sn (Rb), Aster spp. (Smh, Gnd), Chrysopsis sp. (Smh), Helianthus divaricatus sn (Rb, Gnd), Helianthus grosseserratus sn (WR), Heliopsis helianthoides sn (Rb), Ionactis linariifolius (Gnd), Ratibida pinnata sn (Rb), Rudbeckia triloba sn (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum sn fq (Rb), Vernonia baldwinii cp olg (WR), Vernonia fasciculata sn cp fq olg (Rb, WR), Vernonia gigantea cp fq olg (Gnd, WR), Vernonia missurica cp olg (WR); Fabaceae: Dalea purpurea sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Teucrium canadense sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (WR), Verbena stricta sn fq icp (Rb)