Flowering Plants Visited
by Melanostoma
mellinum
Melanostoma mellinum Linnaeus: Syrphidae, Diptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Schlessman, Pellmyr, and Wilhelm & Rericha; an alternative spelling for the scientific name of this fly is Melanostoma mellina)
Araliaceae: Panax quinquefolius fp (Sls); Asteraceae: Antennaria neglecta [unsp sn/fp] (Gr), Cirsium arvense sn/fp (Gr); Brassicaceae: Capsella bursa-pastoris sn (Rb); Caryophyllaceae: Cerastium nutans sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Amorpha canescens (WR); Parnassiaceae: Parnassia glauca fp (Gr, WR); Ranunculaceae: Actaea pachypoda fp fq (Pel), Actaea rubra fp (Pel), Ranunculus fascicularis sn (Rb), Thalictrum revolutum fp np (WR); Salicaceae: Salix discolor [unsp sn/fp] (Gr); Valerianaceae: Valeriana edulis ciliata (Gr)