Flowering Plants Visited
by Amobia
aurifrons
Amobia aurifrons Townsend: Sarcophagidae, Diptera
(Observations are from Robertson. Robertson referred to this fly as Pachyophthalmus signatus (with P. aurifrons & P. distortus mixed in), which is obsolete. Today, Pachyopthalmus signatus refers to the European species, Amobia signata, while Amobia aurifrons refers to the equivalent North American species)
Apiaceae: Cicuta maculata sn fq (Rb), Heracleum maximum sn fq (Rb), Oxypolis rigidior sn (Rb), Pastinaca sativa sn (Rb), Perideridia americana sn fq (Rb), Sium suave sn (Rb), Zizia aurea sn (Rb); Asteraceae: Antennaria plantaginifolia [stam sn] (Rb), Boltonia asterioides sn (Rb), Oligoneuron rigidum sn (Rb), Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium sn (Rb), Solidago canadensis sn (Rb), Solidago nemoralis sn fq (Rb); Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia corollata sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Melilotus alba sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Fallopia scandens sn (Rb); Ranunculaceae: Clematis virginiana [stam sn fq] (Rb); Rhamnaceae: Ceanothus americanus sn (Rb)