Presumed to be polylectic, although details of the lectic status of this species are not known.
Mavromoustakis (1952) reports Noaea mucronata (Chenopodiaceae); Cardopatium (=Broteroa) corymbosa; Centaurea hyalolepis (Asteraceae); Mentha longifolia, Teucrium polium micropodioides (Lamiaceae); Kali turgidum (=Salsola kali)(Amaranthaceae) as forage plants in Cyprus.