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title: "Cactus Coreid Bug"
description: "Chelinidea vittiger — Owady i pająki. Chelinidea vittiger, known generally as cactus coreid, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cactus-coreid-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cactus Coreid Bug

> Chelinidea vittiger — Owady i pająki. Chelinidea vittiger, known generally as cactus coreid, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae.

- Scientific name: *Chelinidea vittiger*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8247
- Wikidata: [Q21254832](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21254832)
- iNaturalist taxon: [216651](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/216651)

## Names

- en: Cactus Coreid Bug
- es: Chinche de los cactos

## Countries with the most observations

US (4764), MX (98), CA (46)

## Summary

Chelinidea vittiger, known generally as cactus coreid, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. Other common names include the squash bug and cactus bug. It is found in Australia, Central America, and North America.

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

## Photo

![Cactus Coreid Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cactus-coreid-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: jeanetx · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74410754

## Machine access

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