Presumed polylectic. Mavromoustakis (1948; 1951; 1952) lists the following forage species in Cyprus: Achillea santolina, Carlina lanata, Notobasis syriaca, Centaurea sp., Dittrichia (=Inula viscosa) (Asteraceae); Colchicum pusillum (=hiemale)(Colchicaceae); Asphodelus autumnalis (Asphodelaceae); Limonium (=Statice) virgata (Plumbaginaceae).