BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius) (Gorse Shieldbug)

How to find

Often found in good numbers on sunlit Gorse (Ulex europaeus) in the spring, but it can be quite patchy, being abundant on some bushes and absent from others. In dull weather it must be searched for among litter at the base of the Gorse.

When disturbed they fold up their legs and drop.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Piezodorus lituratus	Imago	10 August 2007	Berks	England	10
Piezodorus lituratus	Female imago	28 March 2005	Berks	England	2
Piezodorus lituratus	In cop.	26 March 2005	Berks	England	9
Piezodorus lituratus	Imago	21 June 1998	Oxon	England		3
Piezodorus lituratus	Imago	15 February 1998	Berks	England		2
Piezodorus lituratus	Imago	2 October 1971	East Norfolk	England	2

Suggested Literature

Piezodorus lituratus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

HEXAPODA
(hexapods)

INSECTA
(insects)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PENTATOMIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Piezodorus lituratus is associated with:

nymph	Cytisus - a genus of brooms (Fabaceae)	nymph sucks sap of unripe pod	Hawkins, R.D., 1985
nymph	Laburnum - laburnums (Fabaceae)	nymph sucks sap of unripe pod	Hawkins, R.D., 1985
nymph	Ulex - gorses (Fabaceae)	nymph sucks sap of unripe pod	Hawkins, R.D., 1985