Other recorded food plants include "Matricaria" and "Tanacetum vulgare". Tansy beetles are herbivorous and primarily use tansy ("Tanacetum vulgare") as their host plant. "C. pipiens" is a pollinator of "Silene otites," "Tanacetum vulgare," and "Achillea millefolium". The larvae feed on yarrow ("Achillea millefolium") and tansy ("Tanacetum vulgare"). Adults feed on nectar and pollen from "Tanacetum vulgare" and "Heracleum sphondylium". Notable flora includes "Verbascum thapsus", "Tanacetum vulgare" and "Aesculus hippocastanum". The larvae feed on "Tanacetum vulgare", "Achillea ptarmica" and "Artemisia vulgaris". Euphorbiaceae species ("Euphorbia" spp.) and Asteraceae species ("Tanacetum vulgare"). Adults feed of nectar and pollen on "Tanacetum vulgare", "Angelica sylvestris" and "Heracleum sphondylium".