Polylectic, but with a marked preference for Asteraceae pollen (A. Pauly, pers. comm.). Ortiz-Sanchez & Pauly (2017) report visitation to Lavandula stoechas (Lamiaceae); Cistus salvifolius (Cistaceae); Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) and Galactites tomentosa and Leontodon longirostris (Asteraceae).
Reported to visit Scolymus hispanicus ssp. hispanicus (Asteraceae) on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Francisco Molina González, 2019, in litt.)