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
Coreusmarginatus 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...
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