Eurydema dominulus (Scopoli, 1763)
(a shieldbug)

Interactions where Eurydema dominulus 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 BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.
nymph nymph sucks sap of BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.
adult adult sucks sap of Major Arabis caucasica Garden Arabis Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Arabis caucasica/Arabis caucasicagarden arabisMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Arabis caucasica Garden Arabis Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Arabis caucasica/Arabis caucasicagarden arabisMajor
adult adult sucks sap of Major Cardamine pratensis Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Cardamine pratensis Lady’s Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/Cardamine pratensislady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflowerMajor
adult adult sucks sap of Descurainia sophia Flixweed Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Descurainia sophia/Descurainia sophiaflixweed
nymph nymph sucks sap of Descurainia sophia Flixweed Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Descurainia sophia/Descurainia sophiaflixweed
adult adult sucks sap of Major Lepidium didymum Lesser Swine-cress Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium didymum/Lepidium didymumlesser swine-cressMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Lepidium didymum Lesser Swine-cress Brassicales: Brassicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulus/Eurydema (Rubrodorsalium) dominulusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium didymum/Lepidium didymumlesser swine-cressMajor

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.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEurydema dominulus (a shieldbug)
GenusEurydema (a genus of shieldbugs)
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 Eurydema dominulus (a shieldbug)

Eurydema dominulus (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 Eurydema dominulus (a shieldbug):

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