Superfamily APOIDEA 2155 



lupina Cresson. Mont, to Wash., south to Colo., Utah, Nev., Calif.; Mexico (Baja Calif.). Pollen: 

 Oligolege of Compositae, but visits a wide variety of flowers including Achillea, 

 Adenostegia, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctium, Asclepias, Aster chilensis, A. exilis, 

 Bigelovia, Brassica, Calochortus nuttalli, Caiycadenia, Castanopsis, Centaurea 

 solstitialis, Chaenactis artemisiaefolia, C. glabriuscula, Chrysopsis villosus, 

 Chrysothamnus nanseosus speciosus, C. viscidiflorus typicus, Cirsium, Clarkia 

 amoena, C. bottae, Cleome semilata, Cordylanthus, Coreopsis lanceolatum, C. tinctoris, 

 Coretkrogyne bemardense, C. filaginifolia, Cosmos, Croton califomicus, Cryptantha 

 intermedia, Cucurbita, Encelia, Epilobium, Eremocarpvs setigerus, E rigeron foliosus, 

 Eriodictyon angiistifolium, E riogonum fasciculatum , E. gracile, E. latifolium, 

 Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Grindelia camporum, G. elata, G. squarrosa, Gutierrezia 

 califomica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus arboresce7is, H. bloomeri angustatus, H. palmeri, 

 Hemizonia fasciculata, H.fitchi, H. heennannii, H. lobbii, H. luzulaefolia, H. 

 paniculata, H. pungens, H. wrightii, Heterotheca grandiflora, Holodiscus discolor, Iris 

 hartwegi, Lessingia, Ligustrum, Limnanthes, Lotus, Lythnan califomica. Madia, 

 Malacothrix, Marrubium vulgare, Medicago sativa, Melilotus alba, M. indica, 

 Monardella, Nemophila, Perezia microcephala, Phacelia heterophylla, P. humilis, 

 Phalacroseris bolanderi, Pimpinella, Polygonum auberti, Raphanus, Rhamnus 

 califomica. Salvia carduacea, Seyiecio, Solidago califomica, S. elongata, S. occidentalis, 

 Stephanomeria exigua, S. virgata, Trichostema laxum, Trifolium repens. Verbena, 

 Vicia. 



Melissodes lupina Cresson, 1878. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 210. 6. 



Melissodes intermediella var. catalinensis Cockerell, 1905. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 4: 

 102. 9. 



Melissodes catalinensis vanduzeei Cockerell, 1923. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 12: 86. 9. 

 lustra LaBerge. Idaho, Oreg., Nev., Calif.; Mexico (Baja Calif.). Pollen: Oligolectic, depending 

 upon plants of Compositae for pollen, particularly Gutierrezia, Chrysothamnus and 

 Haplopappus, visits flowers of Aster, Baccharis piiularis, Bigelovia, Chrysothamnus 

 nauseosus nauseosus, C. n. consimilis, C. n. speciosus, C. viriduhis, C. viscidiflorus 

 typicus, Cleome, Croton califomicus, Eriogonum latifolium, Grindelia camporum, G. 

 sarothrae, Haplopappus bloomeri angustatus, H. palmeri, H. vemonioides, Heterotheca 

 grandiflora, Melilotus alba, Senecio douglasii. 



Melissodes (Callimelissodes) lustra LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 334, fig. 59. 9, 

 i. 

 metenua Cockerell. Wash, to northern Calif., Idaho, Wyo., Utah. Pollen: Unknown, but visits 

 flowers of Cosmos, Eriogonum, Melilotus alba. 



Melissodes metenua Cockerell, 1924. Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 56. 9. 

 minuscula LaBerge. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers oiCressa cretica, 

 Heliotropium curassavicum, Melilotus. 



Melissodes (Callimelissodes) minuscula LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 323. 9, 

 6. 

 nigracauda LaBerge. Calif. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Erigeron, Senecio 

 douglasii, Stephanomeria exigua. 



Melissodes (Callimelissodes) nigracauda LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 327, figs. 

 54-57. 9,6. 

 plumosa LaBerge. Wash, to Calif., (?)N. Dak. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Encelia 

 califomica, Helianthus petiolaris. 



Melissodes (Callimelissodes) plumosa LaBerge, 1961. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 42: 308, figs. 

 42-45. 9, cJ. 

 stearnsi Cockerell. Wash., Oreg., Calif. Pollen: Possibly an oligolege of Compositae, but visits a 

 wide variety of flowers including Althaea rosea, Asclepias eriocarpa. Aster exilis, 

 Brassica, Centaurea solstitialis, Cirsium, Cleome, Corethrogyne bemardense, C. 

 virgata, Cucurbita, Datura meteloides, Eremocarpus setigerus, Eriogonum setiger, Gilia 

 virgata, Grindelia, Gutierrezia califomica, G. sarothrae, Haplopappus pahneri, H. 

 parishii, Helianthus aimuus, Heliotropium curassavicu))t, Hemizonia fasciculata, H. 

 pungens, Hugelia virgata, Marrubium vulgare, Medicago sativa, Melilotus, Navarretia, 

 Phacelia, Silybum marianum, Trichostema lanceolatum. 



Melissodes stearnsi Cockerell, 1905. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 4: 101. 9. 



