A polylectic species. In Cyprus it is reported to visit Calycotome villosa (Fabaceae); Cistus villosus (Cistaceae); Chrozophora verbascifolia (Euphorbiaceae); Echium sericeum (Boraginaceae); Asteraceae; Teucrium polium micropodioides (Lamiaceae) (Mavromoustakis, 1948; Varnava & Stavrinides, 2015). Mavromoustakis (1952) reports unspecified Asteraceae as forage sources