Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEurydema oleracea (Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug)
GenusEurydema (a genus of shieldbugs)
SubfamilyPENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)
FamilyPENTATOMIDAE (a family of 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 Eurydema oleracea (Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug) :
1: Eurydema oleracea (Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug)
23 May 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on garden candytuft
Image 1: Female - red form - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - red form - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - red form - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - red form - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background

Eurydema oleracea (Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eurydema oleracea (Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eurydema oleracea (Brassica Bug, Cabbage Bug)
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