Boisea trivittata | |
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Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
Boisea trivittata (Say, 1825)
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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]