Pollen sources of British females unknown, but it is probable that the bee is oligolectic on species in the family Asteraceae; here it visits Hypochoeris radicata, Picris sp, Hieracium pilosella, Crepis and Taraxacum.
Dylewska lists the following forage species: Hieracium, Senecio, Taraxacum officinale, Leontodon (Asteraceae)
In Germany the species is an oligolege on Asteraceae (Westrich, 1989) where the following species are recorded as pollen forage plants: Taraxacum officinale, Hieracium pilosella, Leontodon hispidus, Crepis biennis, Hypochoeris radicata, Scorzonera humilis, Centaurea jacea
Peeters & Reemer (2003) list Hieracium pilosella, Hypochoeris radicata and Crepis biennis (Asteraceae) as forage sources in the Netherlands.
Tomozei (2014) citing others, states that the species visits flowers of Hieracium, Taraxacum, Leontodon, Senecio, Crepis, Hypochoeris (Asteraceae).