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Italian Striped Bug

Insects

The Italian striped bug, Graphosoma italicum, also called the minstrel bug, is a shield bug of the family Pentatomidae first described by Muller in 1766. It reaches 8 to 12 millimeters in length with an almost round body colored bright red and marked with wide black longitudinal stripes, six black bands on the pronotum, and black antennae and legs. It is distributed across the Western Palearctic and the entire Mediterranean region, and in recent decades its range has expanded north as far as the North Sea and Baltic coasts of Jutland and southern Finland.

Facts
Scientific Name
Graphosoma italicum 3
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hemiptera, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Italian Striped Bug
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Found In

Belgium

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Denmark

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Norway

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Sweden

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Sources
1. GBIF: Graphosoma italicum
GBIFDescriptions: Feeding_guild_adult
Quote, Descriptions: Feeding_guild_adult
description: herbivore
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2. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Insecta","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Insectos","language":"ES"},{"name":"Insects","language":"EN"},{"name":"Insectes","language":"FR"},{"name":"昆虫纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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3. Wikipedia: Graphosoma italicum
WikipediaWikidata Q56085742 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Graphosoma italicum
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 7437802, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 7437802, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Italian Striped Bug
Child Taxon Of: Hemiptera, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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