In Germany, larvae feed on Carlina vulgaris and in eastern Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary the food plant is Echinops spaherocephalus.
turatii feed on Carlina vulgaris and Centaurea ambigua, while mature larvae of this subspecies mine the leaves of Cirsium arvense and Centaurea species.
Larvae can be found in winter and spring in old flowers of Carlina vulgaris, Pyrethrum corymbosum and Carlina acaulis.
Primula vulgaris | Phaseolus vulgaris | Hydrocotyle vulgaris | Senecio vulgaris | Syringa vulgaris | Polygala vulgaris | Carlina vulgaris | Artemisia vulgaris | Carlina acaulis | Berberis vulgaris | Acne vulgaris | Pulsatilla vulgaris | Proteus vulgaris | Lysimachia vulgaris | Alchemilla vulgaris | Sprig of ''Artemisia vulgaris | Prunella vulgaris | Plant of ''Carlina vulgaris | Nitrobacter vulgaris | Jacobaea vulgaris | Hippuris vulgaris | Golfingia vulgaris | Globularia vulgaris | A sprig of ''Artemisia vulgaris |