Species Detail - Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "True Bugs (Heteroptera) of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Piezodorus lituratus
Gorse Shieldbug
NHMSYS0020309665
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
pilit
(Fabricius, 1794)
Insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
1015
272
92
26/05/1894
27/10/2024
1 January (recorded in 2019)
31 December (recorded in 2018)
Dr. Brian Nelson, True Bugs (Heteroptera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus), accessed 24 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/111/Species/85536