The species is presumed to be polylectic, in that it prefers to forage upon a wide range of different plant species for pollen, including Apiaceae and Brassicaceae families, for which it has an obvious preference (E. Scheuchl pers. comm. 2014). It has also been recorded at flowers of Sedum cf. sediforme (Crassulaceae) (D. Genoud pers. comm. 2013), Sinapis arvensis, Diplotaxis, Matthiola cf. maroccana(Brassicaceae);Salix (Salicaceae); Pyrus, Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae); Reseda (Resedaceae) and Cynoglossum (Boraginaceae) (E. Scheuchl pers. comm. 2014).