Bug FAQGroundselbush beetle
Trirhabda bacharidis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Chrysomelidae
The groundselbush beetle lives in Australia, North America, and Southern Asia.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It occurs in Australia, North America, and Southern Asia.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Its habitat includes Australia, North America, and Southern Asia.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range covers Australia, North America, and Southern Asia.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 25 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Dogbane Leaf BeetleChrysochus auratusSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trirhabda_bacharidis
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.