Tritomegas sexmaculatus
| Tritomegas sexmaculatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Cydnidae |
| Genus: | Tritomegas |
| Species: | T. sexmaculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur, 1839)
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Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur's pied shieldbug) is a shield bug in the genus Tritomegas, which has length of 6–8 mm.[1]
Range
Tritomegas sexmaculatus occurs from the west coast of Europe to Iran.[1][2] It colonised Britain relatively recently, with the first record in 2011, but has spread rapidly in the southeast since then.[3][4]
Its main food plant is black horehound (Ballota nigra).[3]
References
- ^ a b Lupoli, Roland (December 2015). Les Punaises Pentatomoidea de France. Éditions Ancyrosoma. p. 113. ISBN 978-2-9536661-1-3.
- ^ Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur, 1839) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-10-18.
- ^ a b Bantock, Tristan. "(Cydnidae) Tritomegas sexmaculatus". British Bugs. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ Bantock, Tristan. "Two shieldbugs to look out for in and around London". London Natural History Society. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
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