Associated with Echium (Boraginaceae), and possibly oligolectic. Banaszak & Rasmont (1994) list the following plants as forage species: Echium plantagineum, Echium italicum (Boraginaceae). Mavromoustakis (1952) reports visitation to Echium sericeum (Boraginaceae); Limonium (=Statice) sinuata (Plumbaginaceae) in Cyprus.