The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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sucks sap of live | Phaseolus coccineus | Runner Bean | Fabales: Fabaceae | Current status of the Southern Green Shield Bug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced pest species recently established in South-East England, Salisbury, A., Barclay, M.V.L., Reid, S. & Halstead, A., 2009 |
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sucks sap of live | [Herbaceous Plants] | herbaceous plants | Current status of the Southern Green Shield Bug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced pest species recently established in South-East England, Salisbury, A., Barclay, M.V.L., Reid, S. & Halstead, A., 2009 |
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sucks sap of live | [Xylophytes] | broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers | Current status of the Southern Green Shield Bug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced pest species recently established in South-East England, Salisbury, A., Barclay, M.V.L., Reid, S. & Halstead, A., 2009 |
Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Salisbury, A., Barclay, M.V.L., Reid, S. & Halstead, A., 2009 | Current status of the Southern Green Shield Bug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced pest species recently established in South-East England | BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST. 22: Plate 4 Fig 3, 189-194. |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug) |
Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug):
An alien shield bug that has become established in London. Abroad the species is a significant pest on a range of vegetable crops.
The adults resemble our common Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina) but although slightly paler, narrower and longer (11-15mm long). The nymphs are more distinctive with two pairs of red spots at the sides of the thorax and 4 rows of white spots down the abdomen.
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