| Boisea trivittata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Rhopalidae |
| Genus: | Boisea |
| Species: | B. trivittata
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| Binomial name | |
| Boisea trivittata (Say, 1825)
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
- ^ Boxelder Bugs University of Minnesota Extension