Tritomegas bicolor
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Tritomegas bicolor, the pied shield bug, is a species of burrowing bug found in Europe. The adult is black and white and 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long.[2]
It is found across North Africa, Europe and Central Asia,[1] although in the British Isles, it becomes rarer towards the north, and is absent from Scotland and Ireland.[2] T. bicolor lives mainly on the ground, but is also visible on its host plants — chiefly Lamium (dead nettles) and Ballota nigra (black horehound).[2]
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- ^ a b Hassan Ghahari; Frédéric Chérot; Rauno E. Linnavuori & Hadi Ostovan (2009). "Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae)". ZooKeys (26): 1–31. Bibcode:2009ZooK...26....3G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.26.214.
- ^ a b c Tristan Bantock & Joseph Botting. "Tritomegas bicolor Pied Shieldbug". British Bugs — an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
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