| Tritomegas bicolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Cydnidae |
| Genus: | Tritomegas |
| Species: | T. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Tritomegas bicolor, the pied shield bug, is a species of shield bug found in Europe. The adult is unmistakeable among British shield bugs, and are 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long [2]. It is found across North Africa, Europe and Central Asia [1], although in the British Isles, it becomes rarer towards the north, and is absent from Scotland and Ireland [2]. T. bicolor lives mainly on the ground, but is also visible on its host plants — chiefly Lamium (dead nettles) and Ballota nigra (black horehound) [2].