---
title: "European Striped Shield Bug"
description: "Graphosoma italicum — Owady i pająki. Graphosoma italicum is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/european-striped-shield-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Striped Shield Bug

> Graphosoma italicum — Owady i pająki. Graphosoma italicum is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae.

- Scientific name: *Graphosoma italicum*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 71471
- Wikidata: [Q56085742](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56085742)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84804](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84804)

## Names

- en: European Striped Shield Bug
- de: Streifenwanze
- es: Chinche rojinegra europea
- fr: Graphosome d'Italie
- nl: Pyjamaschildwants

## Countries with the most observations

FR (14859), DE (9664), RU (6923), ES (6335), IT (4651), AT (3332), PT (2868), FI (2524), UA (2282), CZ (2061), PL (1717), DK (1363)

## Summary

Graphosoma italicum is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is also known as the striped bug (or Italian striped bug) and minstrel bug.

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

## Photo

![European Striped Shield Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-striped-shield-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312134614

## Machine access

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