---
title: "Box Bug"
description: "Gonocerus acuteangulatus — Insecten en spinnen. Gonocerus acuteangulatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/box-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Box Bug

> Gonocerus acuteangulatus — Insecten en spinnen. Gonocerus acuteangulatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae.

- Scientific name: *Gonocerus acuteangulatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14006
- Wikidata: [Q3110569](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3110569)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204781)

## Names

- en: Box Bug
- de: Braune Randwanze
- es: Chinche del boj
- fr: Gonocère du buis

## Countries with the most observations

FR (2584), DE (2335), GB (1672), AT (1004), IT (612), NL (513), ES (458), BE (429), CZ (261), UA (222), PL (212), PT (187)

## Summary

Gonocerus acuteangulatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae. 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonocerus_acuteangulatus

## Photo

![Box Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/box-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harald Schnöde (Schnde) · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48990927

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/box-bug?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).