Nezara viridula Linnaeus, 1758
(Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug)

Interactions where Nezara viridula 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
sucks sap of live UK/IrelandMajor 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
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Nezara viridula/Nezara viridulasouthern green shieldbug, green vegetable bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Phaseolus coccineus/Phaseolus coccineusrunner beanliveMajor
sucks sap of live UK/Ireland [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
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Nezara viridula/Nezara viridulasouthern green shieldbug, green vegetable bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantslive
sucks sap of live UK/Ireland [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
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Nezara viridula/Nezara viridulasouthern green shieldbug, green vegetable bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Xylophytes/Xylophytesbroadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climberslive

Author & YearTitleSource
Salisbury, A., Barclay, M.V.L., Reid, S. & Halstead, A., 2009Current status of the Southern Green Shield Bug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), an introduced pest species recently established in South-East EnglandBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 22: Plate 4 Fig 3, 189-194.

Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Green Vegetable Bug)
SubfamilyPENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)
FamilyPENTATOMIDAE (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 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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Barclay, M.V.L. 2004 The green vegetable bug Nezara viridula (L., 1758) (Hem: Pentatomidae) new to Britain Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 116: 55-58.
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.
Shardlow, M.E.A. & Taylor, R. 2004 Is the Southern Green Shield Bug, Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) another species colonising Britain due to climate change? Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 17: 143-146.

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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