About Staria lunata (Hahn, 1835)
Staria lunata, the shield bug species described by Hahn in 1835, reaches a body length of 7 to 8 millimetres (0.28 to 0.31 inches). Individuals of this species are mainly brown in color. Light, erect hairs grow on their head, thorax, lateral tergites, and abdomen. At the base of their rather rounded scutellum, they have three bright calluses. The lower end of the scutellum bears a whitish, sickle-shaped marking. This species is found across most of Europe, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, European Turkey, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Republic of North Macedonia, Moldova, Northwest European Russia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia. It is widespread across the Mediterranean region, but it is rather rare in Central Europe. These shield bugs commonly occur in rainfed fields located not far from rivers.
