NOUN | animal | potato bug, Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata | black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages / stages on potato leaves |
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Meaning | black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages / stages on potato leaves; originally / originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide / worldwide. | |
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Synonyms | Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata | |
Member of | Leptinotarsa, genus Leptinotarsa | Colorado potato beetles |
Broader | leaf beetle, chrysomelid | brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves |
Catalan | leptinotarsa decemlineata |
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