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title: "Eurydema oleraceum"
description: "Eurydema oleracea — Insetti e ragni. Eurydema oleracea is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae commonly known as the rape bug, crucifer shield bug, cabbage bug, or brassica bug."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cabbage-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eurydema oleraceum

> Eurydema oleracea — Insetti e ragni. Eurydema oleracea is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae commonly known as the rape bug, crucifer shield bug, cabbage bug, or brassica bug.

- Scientific name: *Eurydema oleracea*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17458
- Wikidata: [Q628535](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628535)
- iNaturalist taxon: [70192](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70192)

## Names

- en: Cabbage Bug
- de: Kohlwanze
- es: Chinche de la Col
- fr: Punaise potagère
- it: Eurydema oleraceum
- nl: Koolwants
- pl: Warzywnica kapustna

## Countries with the most observations

DE (3018), RU (2549), FR (1761), GB (1573), AT (990), ES (768), PL (666), DK (655), FI (651), UA (609), IT (516), CZ (412)

## Summary

Eurydema oleracea is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae commonly known as the rape bug, crucifer shield bug, cabbage bug, or brassica bug.
Its specific name oleracea means "related to vegetables/herbs" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurydema_oleracea

## Photo

![Eurydema oleraceum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cabbage-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308307798

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cabbage-bug?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).