Juniper shield bug | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Acanthosomatidae |
Genus: | Cyphostethus |
Species: | C. tristriatus
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Binomial name | |
Cyphostethus tristriatus (
Fieber, 1860)
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The juniper shield bug (Cyphostethus tristriatus), (family: Acanthosomatidae), is a large (9–10.5 mm) green shield bug with distinctive pinkish-red markings on the corium. [1]
The bug's traditional foodplant is juniper, with the larvae feeding on juniper berries. [1] It has also adapted to use Lawson cypress [1]( Chamaecyparis spp. [2]) as a host. In the United Kingdom it was formerly scarce [2] and restricted largely to southern juniper woodlands but in recent years it has become common across southern and central England as a result of the widespread garden planting of juniper and cypress. [1] Recent discoveries on stands of juniper in northern England and Scotland suggest that the range of the species may be extending. [1]
The juniper shield bug is active for most of the year apart from the coldest months. [1] It overwinters as an adult, emerging to mate in the early spring. [1] New adults may be found from late August onwards. [1]
Juniper shield bug | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Acanthosomatidae |
Genus: | Cyphostethus |
Species: | C. tristriatus
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Binomial name | |
Cyphostethus tristriatus (
Fieber, 1860)
|
The juniper shield bug (Cyphostethus tristriatus), (family: Acanthosomatidae), is a large (9–10.5 mm) green shield bug with distinctive pinkish-red markings on the corium. [1]
The bug's traditional foodplant is juniper, with the larvae feeding on juniper berries. [1] It has also adapted to use Lawson cypress [1]( Chamaecyparis spp. [2]) as a host. In the United Kingdom it was formerly scarce [2] and restricted largely to southern juniper woodlands but in recent years it has become common across southern and central England as a result of the widespread garden planting of juniper and cypress. [1] Recent discoveries on stands of juniper in northern England and Scotland suggest that the range of the species may be extending. [1]
The juniper shield bug is active for most of the year apart from the coldest months. [1] It overwinters as an adult, emerging to mate in the early spring. [1] New adults may be found from late August onwards. [1]