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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
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
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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?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPentatomidae
  6. genusAelia
  7. 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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bishop's mitre

Other species in the same genus Aelia.

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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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bishop-s-mitre

MLA

“Bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bishop-s-mitre.

BibTeX
@misc{bishop_s_mitre_2026,
  title = {Bishop's mitre (Aelia acuminata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bishop-s-mitre},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}