Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hemiptera (Hemipterans) ➔ Family Pentatomidae (Shield bugs or stinkbugs )

Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kohlwanze Brassica Shieldbug

Synonyms and other combinations:

Cimex oleraceus Linnaeus, 1758 | Cimex flavatus Schrank, 1776 | Cimex albomarginatus Goeze, 1778 | Cimex flavomaculatus Goeze, 1778 | Cimex albomarginellus Fabricius, 1794 | Strachia insidiosa Mulsant & Rey, 1866 | Strachia consobrina Puton, 1871 |

  • Eurydema oleracea  3215
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2007-08-04 14:55:06
    Image number: 3215

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2007-08-04 14:55:06

  • Eurydema oleracea  3855
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2008-08-03 08:35:59
    Image number: 3855

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2008-08-03 08:35:59

  • Eurydema oleracea  9011
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2019-08-06 14:48:40
    Image number: 9011

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2019-08-06 14:48:40

  • Eurydema oleracea  9742
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2020-08-26 11:26:53
    Image number: 9742

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2020-08-26 11:26:53

  • Eurydema oleracea  7411
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2016-08-08 18:24:35
    Image number: 7411

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2016-08-08 18:24:35

  • Eurydema oleracea, mating  4532
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea, mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-05-01 12:51:37
    Image number: 4532
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-05-01 12:51:37

  • Eurydema oleracea, mating  4530
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea, mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-05-01 12:55:46
    Image number: 4530
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-05-01 12:55:46

  • Eurydema oleracea, mating  4531
    Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)  Kohlwanze  Brassica Shieldbug 
    Eurydema oleracea, mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2011-05-01 12:53:42
    Image number: 4531
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2011-05-01 12:53:42


Further vernacular names:
Cabbage Bug, Rape Bug
Classification:
Eurydema oleracea belongs to the subfamily Pentatominae, tribe Strachiini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A. (2014): An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95.
  2. Interactive Agricultural Ecological Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries. Economic plants and their Diseases, Pests and Weeds
  3. Diptera Parasitoid Records