Cactus Coreid Bug

Chelinidea vittiger · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Coreidae

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Cactus Coreid Bug
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY

Its habitat includes those same regions.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It occurs in Australia, Central America, and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in Australia, Central America, and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range covers Australia, Central America, and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 28 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, Idaho, Utah.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Cactus Coreid Bug photo 3
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY
Cactus Coreid Bug photo 4
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY
Cactus Coreid Bug photo 5
Photo: Catherine C. Galley, CC BY
Cactus Coreid Bug photo 6
Photo: aispinsects, CC BY

Questions people ask

Is the cactus coreid bug dangerous to humans?

We have no source that says it is dangerous to people.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Coreidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelinidea_vittiger

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

How this page works

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