Rosa rugosa
Habitat: Open ground, dune grassland, grassland and forest, woodland clearings and tracks, farmland and orchards, suburban gardens. Up to 2,000m in the Alps. Flowers visited include white Umbelliferae, "Calluna", "Leontodon", "Malus sylvestris", "Polygonum cuspidatum", "Prunus spinosa", "Ranunculus", "Rosa rugosa", "Senecio", "Taraxacum". The flight period is April to November (earlier in South Europe). The larva feeds on aphids. Barkemeyer (1994) details the biology of "E. luniger"