Trichostetha bicolor

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| image = Trichostetha bicolor feeding on flowers of Agathosma capensis (Rutaceae) at Saldanha Bay.jpg

| image_caption = Trichostetha bicolor feeding on flowers of Agathosma capensis (Rutaceae) at Saldanha Bay, September 2004

| genus = Trichostetha

| species = bicolor

| authority = Péringuey

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Trichostetha bicolor is an afrotropical species of flower scarab beetle endemic to South Africa, where it occurs in the Cape Floristic Region.{{cite journal |last1=Perissinotto |first1=Renzo |last2=Šípek |first2=Petr |last3=Ball |first3=Jonathan |title=Description of adult and third instar larva of Trichostetha curlei sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the Cape region of South Africa |journal=ZooKeys |date=23 July 2014 |issue=428 |pages=41–56 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.428.7855|pmc=4140519 |pmid=25161367|doi-access=free |bibcode=2014ZooK..428...41P }} It is sometimes synonymized with Trichostetha capensis, but in addition to morphological differences, T. bicolor is found further north and in different habitat types than the former species, with no intermediate forms or populations.{{cite journal |last1=Péringuey |first1=Louis |title=Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae) |journal=Transactions of the South African Phylosophical Society |date=1907 |volume=13 |pages=1–546}}