Juniper shield bug: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the juniper shield bug lives – recorded in 15 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cyphostethus tristriatus
Group	Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects
Found in	15 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Insect
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Acanthosomatidae

Where does the juniper shield bug live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the juniper shield bug in 15 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In Belgium, France, Netherlands it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the juniper shield bug?

The juniper shield bug (Cyphostethus tristriatus) is an insect in the order Hemiptera and the family Acanthosomatidae, genus Cyphostethus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the juniper shield bug

The juniper shield bug (Cyphostethus tristriatus), (family: Acanthosomatidae), is a large (9–10.5 mm) green shield bug with distinctive pinkish-red markings on the corium.

The bug's traditional foodplant is juniper, with the larvae feeding on juniper berries. It has also adapted to use Lawson cypress(Chamaecyparis spp.) as a host. In the United Kingdom it was formerly scarce and restricted largely to southern juniper woodlands but in recent years it has become common across southern and central England as a result of the widespread garden planting of juniper and cypress. Recent discoveries on stands of juniper in northern England and Scotland suggest that the range of the species may be extending.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Juniper shield bug (revision 1185966858), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1009962 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).