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Elasmostethus interstinctus (Linnaeus) (Birch Shieldbug)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Elasmostethus interstinctus	Imago	19 June 2003	Oxon	England	4
Elasmostethus interstinctus	Imago	2 July 1998	Berks	England	3
Elasmostethus interstinctus	Imago	12 April 1998	Berks	England	4
Elasmostethus interstinctus	Imago	29 December 1997	Berks	England	2
Elasmostethus interstinctus	Imago	8 August 1997	Berks	England	2
Elasmostethus interstinctus	Imago	4 May 1997	Berks	England	1

Suggested Literature

General Works

Elasmostethus interstinctus may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Elasmostethus interstinctus is associated with:

	adult	Betula - birches (Betulaceae)	adult sucks sap of		Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959 [esp. with catkins]
	adult	Corylus avellana - Hazel (Betulaceae)	adult sucks sap of		Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
	adult	Populus tremula - Aspen (Salicaceae)	adult sucks sap of		Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
	nymph	Betula - birches (Betulaceae)	nymph sucks sap of young catkin (female)		Hawkins, R.D., 1985

There may be more taxa associated with Elasmostethus interstinctus listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with Elasmostethus interstinctus:

is endoparasitoid host of larva

Subclytia rotundiventris - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Allen, A.A., 1966 Belshaw, R., 1993

Elasmostethus interstinctus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References