Oligolectic on Apiaceae species (Warncke 1981, Gogala 1999). It is reported on Bupleurum falcatum (Lukáš et al. 1999), Libanotis intermedia, Pimpinella saxifraga, Ferula songorica, Ferula tatarica, Chaerophyllum proscottii, Libanotis montana and Falcaria rivini (data from the collection of Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St-Petersburg). However, this species also sporadically occurs on Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia virgata), Asteraceae (Carduus acanthoides) and Lamiaceae (Stachys palustris) (unpublished data Osytshnjuk, V. Radchenko pers. comm. 2014