Boxelder bug

Boisea trivittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Coreoidea
Family: Rhopalidae
Subfamily: Serinethinae
Genus: Boisea
Species:
B. trivittata
Binomial name
Boisea trivittata
(Say, 1825)
Synonyms

Leptocoris trivittatus

The boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata), also called box bug, maple bug or, inaccurately, box beetle, is a species of true bug native to eastern North America. The western boxelder bug Boisea rubrolineata is a relative of this species and is native to western North America. Boxelder bugs are found primarily on boxelder trees, as well as on maple and ash trees.[1]

  1. ^ Boxelder Bugs University of Minnesota Extension