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Elasmostethus interstinctus

Synonyms: Acanthosoma dentatum; Cimex dentatus; Cimex interstinctus (homotypic); Elasmostethus dentatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The birch shieldbug (Elasmostethus interstinctus) is species of shield bug in the Acanthosomatidae family. It is widely distributed across Europe. The species overwinters in an adult stage, after which they emerge in the spring and start to mate. Their larvae feed usually on birch, but could also be found on aspen and hazel.
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Prey / Diet

Corylus avellana (common filbert)[1]
Populus tremula (European aspen)[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0