Spathocera lobata is a species of squashbug in the family Coreidae, tribe Coreini.Coreoidea Species File
Distribution This species is present in most of Europe (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, European Russia, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and Yugoslavia),Fauna Europaea in the Near East (including Cyprus,), Transcaucasia, Central Asia and Russia (East Siberia).GBIF
Description Spathocera lobata can reach a body length of about .Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network These squashbugs are characterised by a rather long (much longer than wide), pale-sided pronotum. On the front of the pronotum there are six spines arranged in two transverse rows. The submedian carinae of the pronotum does not reach its base. The scutellum shows a black marking. The antennae are composed of three segments with a dilated black apex. The first segment of antennae is shorter than second.Keys of Stathocera on ukrbin.com
Biology This species may have two generations per year (bivoltine). Adults can be found from April to mid June and from mid July to September.iNaturalist They mainly feed on Sheep's Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) and Russian dock (Rumex confertus), but also on Salvia species and Thymus species. Hassan Ghahari, Pierre Moulet, Rauno E Linnavuori, Hadi Ostovan An Annotated Catalog of the Iranian Coreidae, Rhopalidae, and Stenocephalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Coreoidea) in Zootaxa 3519(3519):1-31
References
Norbiato M., Dioli P. & Cianferoni F. - Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “Alpi Marittime” (NW Italy), in Zoosystema 41 (15): 269-31