Guettarda scabra leaves are consumed by a variety of moth caterpillars, some with adults that visit the flowers and may serve as pollinators. Flower-opening is hastened by eager flower-flies, and during the night the flowers are visited by hawk moths (Sphingidae); in the morning they are visited by butterflies.
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9 June 2020
Scientific Note: Insects associated with Guettarda scabra in Everglades National Park, Florida
Suzanne Koptur
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Castanea
Vol. 85 • No. 1
May 2020
Vol. 85 • No. 1
May 2020
butterflies
floral visitors
flower flies
herbivores
moths
pine rocklands
pollinators