Andrena (Melandrena) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876

A polylectic species. Westrich (1989) lists the following plants as pollen forage species: Heracleum sphondylium (Apiaceae); Centaurea scabiosa, Centaurea paniculata (Asteraceae); Echium vulgare (Boraginaceae); Jasione montana (Campanulaceae); Salvia-type & Lamium-type (Lamiaceae).

Dylewska (1987) lists the following forage species for the first generation: Salix (Salicaceae); Tussilago farfara, Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae); and for the second generation Apiaceae; Cirsium (Asteraceae); Thymus (Lamiaceae); Eryngium planum (Apiaceae)

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