Eurygaster austriaca (Schrank, 1776)
(a shieldbug)

Interactions where Eurygaster austriaca is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult sucks sap of POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster austriaca/Eurygaster austriacaa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch
nymph (early) nymph (early) sucks sap of green part POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster austriaca/Eurygaster austriacaa shieldbugnymph (early) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchgreen part
nymph (late) nymph (late) sucks sap of grain POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster austriaca/Eurygaster austriacaa shieldbugnymph (late) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchgrain
adult adult sucks sap of Foreign [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster austriaca/Eurygaster austriacaa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscereals
nymph (early) nymph (early) sucks sap of green part Foreign [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster austriaca/Eurygaster austriacaa shieldbugnymph (early) Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsgreen part
nymph (late) nymph (late) sucks sap of grain Foreign [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster austriaca/Eurygaster austriacaa shieldbugnymph (late) Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsgrain

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Eurygaster austriaca (a shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eurygaster austriaca (a shieldbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEurygaster austriaca (a shieldbug)
GenusEurygaster (a genus of shieldbugs)
FamilySCUTELLERIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eurygaster austriaca (a shieldbug)

Eurygaster austriaca (a shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eurygaster austriaca (a shieldbug):

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