[4] These shield bugs mainly inhabit sunny areas with mixed birch woodlands, deciduous trees and shrubs.

[2] These shield bugs have a relatively flat body with the entire upper surface covered with mostly black punctures.

[2] The species overwinters in an adult stage in leaf litter,[6] after which they emerge in the spring and start to mate.

From early June to the middle August eggs are laid on the upper side of leaves of and on the catkins of birch, where the nymphs feed in aggregation.

[2] They have also been found feeding on various other host plants, mainly on juniper, Quercus, Ilex, Vaccinium, Alnus, Fagus and Populus species.