page_title: Megachile chomskyi
section_title: Biology
hierarchical_section_title: Megachile chomskyi / Biology
caption_attribution_description: English: Calylophus hartwegii
context_page_description: Megachile chomskyi is a species of leafcutter bee found in Texas. It is in the oenotherae species group. It is likely a specialist pollinator of plants in the family Onagraceae. Cory S. Sheffield described the species in 2013 and named the specific name in honor of Noam Chomsky.
context_section_description: Fifteen specimens of M. chomskyi were collected on the flowers of Calylophus hartwegii (Hartweg's sundrops, Hartweg evening primrose) and one was collected from the flowers of Oenothera drummondii. Sheffield suggests that, like other members of the oenotherae species group, M. chomskyi is oligolectic, exclusively pollinating plants in the family Onagraceae. The M. chomskyi specimens were collected as early as late April and as late as June.
caption: C. hartwegii flowers (Hartweg's sundrops)
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