The larvae feed on bird cherry. Caterpillars also cause damage to quince, cherry, hawthorn, almonds, cotoneaster and bird cherry. Wooden pipe is made of buckthorn, hazel, maple, ash tree, or bird cherry tree. They damage also the fruits of apricot, honeysuckle, barberry, bird cherry and snowberry. The bird cherry also grows among them. Rowan, aspen, willow, grey alder, and bird cherry are common in the lower elevations. Cheremshyna is a name for the Prunus padus (Bird Cherry) in the Ukrainian language. The host plant of the bird-cherry ermine is the bird cherry. Bird cherry is a common name for the European plant "Prunus padus". Himalayan bird cherry ("Prunus cornuta"), and "Viburnum continifolium".