Tritomegas bicolor
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Cydnidae |
| Genus: | Tritomegas |
| Species: | T. bicolor |
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| Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Tritomegas bicolor, the pied shield bug, is a species of shield bug found in Europe. The adult is black and white and 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long.[2]
Tritomegas bicolor
It is found across North Africa, Europe and Central Asia,[1] although in the British Isles, it becomes rarer towards the north, and is absent from Scotland and Ireland.[2] T. bicolor lives mainly on the ground, but is also visible on its host plants — chiefly Lamium (dead nettles) and Ballota nigra (black horehound).[2]
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- 1 2 Hassan Ghahari, Frédéric Chérot, Rauno E. Linnavuori & Hadi Ostovan (2009). "Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae)". ZooKeys 26: 1–31. doi:10.3897/zookeys.26.214.
- 1 2 3 Tristan Bantock & Joseph Botting. "Tritomegas bicolor Pied Shieldbug". British Bugs — an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
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