Polylectic. The first generation visits Salix (Salicaceae); Taraxacum and Tussilago (Asteraceae), and the second brood may visit various plants belonging to the families Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Campanulaceae, Ericaceae and Fabaceae (Celary & Wisniowski, 2003).
Mavromoustakis (1960) lists Rubus ulmifolius anatolicus (Rosaceae) and Apiaceae (as Umbelliferae) as forage sources on Rhodos. Mavromoustakis (1953, 1954) reports visitation to Crocus sp. (Iridaceae); Sinapis alba. Rhaphanus sp. (Brassicaceae); Centaurea hyalolepis, Cardopatium corymbosum, Cichorium pumilum, Calendula persica (Asteraceae); Crataegus azarolus (Rosaceae); Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae); Salix alba (Salicaceae); Asphodelus ramosus microcarpus (Asphodelaceae) and Trifolium sp.(Fabaceae) in Cyprus.
Dylewska (1987) lists the following forage plants for the first generation: Salix sp. (Salicaceae); Taraxacum officinale, Tussilago farfara (Asteraceae). For the second generation she lists: Eryngium (Apiaceae); Sinapis (Brassicaceae); Melilotus (Fabaceae); Jasione montana (Campanulaceae); Cichorium intybus, Centaurea sp. (Asteraceae); Calluna vulgaris (Ericaceae).
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A recent record from Poland is of a first brood female at flowers of Petasites albus (Asteraceae)(Celary & Wisniowski, 2003)
Tomozei (2014), citing others, states that the species is polylectic with females visiting flowers of the Aceraceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Boraginaceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Salicaeae and Plantaginaceae families (Osytshnjuk 1977, Osytshnjuk et al. 2008).
Bernhard Jacobi (pers. comm) reports visitation to Medicago marina (Fabaceae) in Crete