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Gorse Shieldbug

Piezodorus lituratus

6,724Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
113Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan86
Feb182
Mar534
Apr1,150
May916
Jun658
Jul653
Aug729
Sep689
Oct440
Nov139
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England724
2Kent England234
3Norfolk England213
4Devon England207
5Cornwall England198
6Surrey England177
7City of Edinburgh Scotland161
8North Yorkshire England145
9Suffolk England136
10Nottinghamshire England112
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland110
12Telford and Wrekin England100
13Cambridgeshire England93
14Cumbria England92
15East Riding of Yorkshire England90
5,360 England650 Scotland479 Wales229 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,724
Peak month
April
Counties with records
113
Scientific name
Piezodorus lituratus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,287
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Piezodorus
Name with authority
Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)
Described
1794
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3023708 · GBIF 2078821