| Coreus marginatus | |
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| Mating, Bulgaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Coreidae |
| Genus: | Coreus |
| Species: | C. marginatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coreus marginatus | |
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Cimex marginatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Coreus marginatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the dock bug as it feeds on the leaves and seeds of docks and sorrels.[1] It is a medium-sized speckled brown insect, between 13 and 15 mm long as an adult, with a broad abdomen.[2] It occurs throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa.[3] It is often found in dense vegetation, such as hedgerows and wasteland.
- ^ Martina Hrušková, Alois Honěk & Stano Pekár; Honěk; Pekár (2005). "Coreus marginatus (Heteroptera: Coreidae) as a natural enemy of Rumex obtusifolius (Polygonaceae)". Acta Oecologica. 28 (3): 281–287. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2005.05.004.
- ^ Tristan Bantock & Joseph Botting. "British Bugs". Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ Dolling, William (2006), "Family COREIDAE Leach, 1815", in Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.), Catalogue of Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 5, Amsterdam, the Netherlands: The Netherlands Entomological Society, p. 67, ISBN 9071912280