Bishop's mitre
Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the family Pentatomidae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the bishop's mitre
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the bishop's mitre live?
Not recorded
Is the bishop's mitre endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the bishop's mitre classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyPentatomidae
- genusAelia
- SpeciesAelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Aelia acuminata acuminata, Cimex acuminata, Pentatoma acuminata
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- Bishop's mitre shield bugEnglish
- kněžice kuželovitáCzech
- BispehueDanish
- GetreidewanzeGerman
- chinche hediondaSpanish
- täpläkorsiludeFinnish
- Aélie communeFrench
- תריסית הדגןHebrew
- közönséges szipolypoloskaHungarian
- Cimice acuminataItalian
- Smailiagalvė SkydblakėLithuanian
- gressbreitegeNorwegian Bokmål
- MijterwantsDutch
- grasbreitegeNorwegian Nynorsk
- Lednica zbożowaPolish
- Клоп остроголовыйRussian
- bzdocha kužeľovitáSlovak
- žitna stenicaSlovenian
- mindre spetsnäsaSwedish
- Елія гостроголоваUkrainian
- Aelia acuminataWalloon
- Almindelig bispetægeDanish
- Almindelig snudetægeDanish
- BispehuetægeDanish
- GræsbispetægeDanish
- GræsbredtægeDanish
- SpitzlingGerman
- Punaise à tête allongéeFrench
- Punaise des blésFrench
- Punaise nez-de-ratFrench
- Grote mijterschildwantsDutch
- MijterschildwantsDutch
- Элия остроголоваяRussian
- Гостроголівка вузькаUkrainian
Relatives of the bishop's mitre
Other species in the same genus Aelia.
CompareBishop's mitre vs Aelia albovittataBishop's mitre vs Aelia alticolaBishop's mitre vs Aelia americanaBishop's mitre vs Aelia fieberi
Common questions
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What kind of animal is the bishop's mitre?
The bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata) belongs to the family Pentatomidae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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