About Graphosoma lineatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Graphosoma lineatum can reach a body length of 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in). It has an almost round body, with a large shield. The basic color of its body's upperside is orange yellow, marked with wide black longitudinal stripes. Its pronotum has six black bands, and its antennae are black. The sides of its abdominal segments, called connexivum, are yellow with many small black spots. Its legs are mostly orange, a feature that distinguishes it from its close relative G. italicum. Graphosoma lineatum is distributed across Northern Africa, specifically in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The subspecies G. l. siciliensis occurs only in Sicily.
