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Birch Shieldbug

Elasmostethus interstinctus

10,114Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
121Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan66
Feb76
Mar232
Apr714
May1,031
Jun853
Jul693
Aug2,280
Sep2,104
Oct1,071
Nov292
Dec78

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England937
2City of Edinburgh Scotland570
3Surrey England341
4Highland Scotland334
5Norfolk England290
6Kent England281
7Telford and Wrekin England259
8North Yorkshire England206
9East Riding of Yorkshire England175
10Sefton England171
11Nottinghamshire England166
12Suffolk England148
13Cheshire East England128
14Cumbria England119
15Oxfordshire England117
8,089 England1,665 Scotland227 Wales115 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,114
Peak month
August
Counties with records
121
Scientific name
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,067
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Acanthosomatidae
Genus
Elasmostethus
Name with authority
Elasmostethus interstinctus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1009818 · GBIF 2079270