| Gonocerus acuteangulatus | |
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| An adult box bug | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Coreidae |
| Genus: | Gonocerus |
| Species: | G. acuteangulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze, 1778)
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Gonocerus acuteangulatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae.[1] It is commonly known as the box bug in the UK as it once only occurred in Box Hill in Surrey where it fed on box trees.[2]
- ^ Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R. e Webb M.D. Coreoidea Species File Online
- ^ Hawkins, Roger (2003). Shieldbugs of Surrey. Surrey Wildlife Trust.