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. 2014 Jun 23;14:144. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-144

Table 1.

Identification of visitors included in the three visitor taxa: Apis mellifera, Bombus spp., and lepidopterans1

Order Family Genus Species Count
Visitors collected
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Apis
mellifera
51
 
 
Bombus
bimaculatus
7
 
 
 
griseocollis
139
 
 
 
impatiens
2
 
 
 
vagans
5
Lepidoptera
Arctiidae
Lophocampa
caryae
1
 
Crambidae
-
-
6
 
Geometridae
-
-
7
 
Hesperiidae
Pompeius
verna
1
 
Noctuidae
Megalographa
biloba
6
 
Noctuidae
-
-
1
 
Papilionidae
Papilio
glaucus
1
 
Pyralidae
-
-
4
Visitors not collected
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Apis
mellifera
24
 
 
Bombus
spp.
118
Lepidoptera
-
-
-
12
 
Hesperiidae
Epargyreus
clarus
2
 
Papilionidae
-
-
1
    Papilio glaucus 1

1Insect visitor’s quick movements at focal inflorescences often prevented us from collecting the visitors. We identified collected visitors to the lowest possible taxonomic level in our lab, and the rest to the lowest possible taxonomic level in the field.