Adults have been recorded feeding on flower nectar of various plants, including Vicia cracca, Salvia pratensis, Echium, Onobrychis and Thymus.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, such as Cytisus scoparius, Crataegus monogyna, Rubus fruticosus, Calluna vulgaris, Onobrychis viciifolia, Salvia pratensis and Lotus corniculatus
In captivity the larvae have been recorded feeding on Achillea millerfolium, Galatella linosyris, Centaurea scabiosa, Salvia pratensis, Plantago and Inula species.
Salvia | Salvia pratensis | Salvia officinalis | Salvia divinorum | Cardamine pratensis | Succisa pratensis | Poa pratensis | Salvia radula | Salvia mellifera | Salvia Divinorum | salvia | lady's smock(''Cardamine pratensis'') | Salvia uliginosa | Salvia pachyphylla | Salvia mexicana | Salvia leucantha | Salvia glutinosa | Salvia apiana | Salvia aegyptiaca | Mined mined leaf of ''Salvia pratensis | "Horminum tingitanum" (''Salvia tingitana |
Salvia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species including the bucculatricid leaf-miner Bucculatrix taeniola which feeds exclusively on the genus and the Coleophora case-bearers C. aegyptiacae, C. salviella (both feed exclusively on S. aegyptiaca), C. ornatipennella and C. virgatella (both recorded on S. pratensis).