Colorado potato beetle
Noun 1. black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide (synonym) Colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (hypernym) leaf beetle, chrysomelid (member-holonym) Leptinotarsa, genus Leptinotarsa | ||||
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colorado potato beetle
colorado potato beetle
n : black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern rocky mountains; now worldwide [syn: colorado potato beetle, colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, leptinotarsa decemlineata ]
colorado potato beetle
n : black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern rocky mountains; now worldwide [syn: colorado potato beetle, colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, leptinotarsa decemlineata ]
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Colorado potato beetle
The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, also known as the Colorado beetle, ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle) is an important pest of potato crops. It is approximately 10 mm (0.4 inches) long, with a bright yellow/orange body and 5 bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra, and it can easily be confused with its close cousin and look-alike, the false potato beetle. The beetle was described in 1824 by Thomas Say from specimens collected in the Rocky Mountains on buffalo-bur, Solanum rostratum. The origin of the beetle is somewhat unclear, but it seems to be that Colorado and Mexico are a part of its native distribution in the south-western part of North-America .
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