EN · gorse shield bug
DE · Ginster-Baumwanze
LT ·
dvispalvė skydblakė
PL · ostrosz rączycowaty
The main host plants are various legumes (Fabaceae), especially common broom (
Sarothamnus scoparius) and dyer's greenweed (
Genista tinctoria), but also alfalfa (
>Medicago sativa), vetches (
Vicia), sweet-clover (
Melilotus), crown vetches (
Coronilla), sainfoins (
Onobrychis),
Lupinus and others. It overwinters as an adult. As in many other shieldbugs, this species frequently becomes darker prior to hibernation.