---
title: "Gorse Shield Bug"
description: "Piezodorus lituratus — Owady i pająki. Piezodorus lituratus, the gorse shield bug, is a species of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/gorse-shield-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gorse Shield Bug

> Piezodorus lituratus — Owady i pająki. Piezodorus lituratus, the gorse shield bug, is a species of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs.

- Scientific name: *Piezodorus lituratus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9292
- Wikidata: [Q3023708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3023708)
- iNaturalist taxon: [430052](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/430052)

## Names

- en: Gorse Shield Bug
- de: Ginster-Baumwanze
- fr: Punaise des genêts

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1780), GB (1252), RU (983), DE (823), ES (586), AT (553), IT (491), PT (301), UA (282), DK (225), FI (164), BE (160)

## Summary

Piezodorus lituratus, the gorse shield bug, is a species of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs.

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

## Photo

![Gorse Shield Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gorse-shield-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Iain Robson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52998649

## Machine access

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