Polylectic. In Germany, foraging from species in the families Asteraceae (Hieracium, Cichorium intybus, Taraxacum officinale, Picris hieracioides) and Salicaceae (Salix sp.) (Westrich, 1989).
Flowers visited in the Channel Islands (Else, in prep.) Sonchus oleraceus (Asteraceae)
Ebmer (1971) lists Campanula (Campanulaceae); Papaver (Papaveraceae).
In Cyprus, Mavromoustakis (1948; 1951) lists the following forage plants: Mentha longifolia, Salvia grandiflora (Lamiaceae); Saponaria vaccaria (Caryophyllaceae); Rubus ulmifolius anatolicus (Rosaceae) and unspecified Asteraceae.