Elasmucha grisea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Parent Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElasmucha grisea (Parent Bug)
FamilyACANTHOSOMATIDAE (a family of phytophagous shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug) :
1: Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug)
20 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Grey Sallow
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug)
28 Aug 2010 OSGR: SJ41 52° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
Instar III juveniles, on birch
Image 1: Instar III juveniles - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Instar III nymphs with 2 instar III Birch Shieldbugs - enlargedImage 3: Instar III nymphs with 2 instar III Birch Shieldbugs - enlarged (2)
3: Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug)
25 Sep 2005 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
5 shieldbugs (adults and a couple of late-instar nymphs) in a cluster in middle of Alder leaf . Photos: Dark stage of imago, prior to hibernation
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - on Alder leaf - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey background
4: Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug)
2 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Heath Speedwell
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - latero-ventral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view

Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug)
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