Leucanthemum vulgare | Origanum dictamnus | ''Leucanthemum vulgare'' and a cow in Kyyjärvi | Male on ''Leucanthemum vulgare | ''Leucanthemum vulgare | ''C. vulgare'', growing on the Bank (geography) | Astrocaryum vulgare | Armadillidium vulgare | A mined leaf of ''Cirsium vulgare |
Adults are active during the night and day and feed on flower nectar of Calluna vulgaris, Origanum vulgare and Molinia species.
The insect can also be very common where there are creeping thistles (Cirsium arvense) or swamp thistles (Cirsium palustre), oregano (Origanum vulgare), Forest scabious (Knautia sylvatica), or hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) which are favourite foodplants of the imagos.