Polylectic, visiting mainly Fabaceae (including Lathyrus) and Lamiaceae (Gogala, 1999).
Mavromoustakis (1960) lists the following forage sources on Rhodos: Scabiosa maritima (Dipsacaceae), Thymus (=Coridothymus) capitatus, Satureja thymbra (Lamiaceae). Mavromoustakis (1948; 1951) also reports visitation in Cyprus (under the synonym Anthidium 7-dentatum faciale Friese.) to Onosma fruticosum, Echium sericeum (Boraginaceae); Calycotome villosa (Fabaceae); Teucrium divaricatum, Ballota integrifolia (Lamiaceae).
Pollen analysis (Muller, 1996) revealed the following pollen sources: Ranunculaceae, Papaveraceae, Brassicaceae, Crassulaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae, Cistaceae, Primulaceae, Convolvulaceae, Boraginaceae, Lamiaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Plantaginaceae, Dipsacaceae, Campanulaceae and Asteraceae.
Specimen data from Israel (Roberts pers obs.), Greece and its islands (Petanidou, 1994; Roberts pers. obs) includes records of visits to: Carduus pycnocephalus ssp albidus, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Crupina crupinastrum, Scorzonera lanata,Helichrysum stoechas ssp barrelieri, Centaurea raphanina ssp mixta, Tragopogon porrifolius ssp porrifolius (Asteraceae); Fumana thymifolia, Cistus parviflorus (Cistaceae); Satureja thymbra, Stachys cretica ssp cretica, Phlomis fruticosa, Prasium majus Thymus capitatus, Salvia verbenacaea, Ballota acetabulosa, Salvia fruticosa, Teucrium divaricatum, Sideritis perfoliata (Lamiaceae); Convolvulus althaeoides ssp tenuissimus, Convolvulus cantabrica (Convolvulaceae); Echium angustifolium, Echium plantagineum, Anchusa undulata (Boraginaceae); Delphinium peregrinum (Ranunculaceae); Hypericum triquetrifolium, Hypericum empetrifolium (Hypericaceae), Capparis spinosa var. inermis (Capparidaceae); Ebenus sibthorpii, Genista fasselata, Ononis ornithopodioides, Psoralea bituminosa (Fabaceae); (Lamiaceae); Papaver rhoeas (Papaveraceae); Asphodelus aestivus, Muscari comosum (Liliaceae) .
Westrich shows the species visiting Asphodelus aestivus (Asphodelaceae)