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Colorado beetle

Colorado beetle Meaning & Definition
Colorado beetle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Colorado beetle?

[n] black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide

Synonyms | Synonyms for Colorado beetle: Colorado potato beetle | Leptinotarsa decemlineata | potato beetle | potato bug

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See Also | chrysomelid | genus Leptinotarsa | leaf beetle | Leptinotarsa

Colorado beetle In Webster's Dictionary

\Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zo["o]l.) A yellowish beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also {potato beetle} and {potato bug}. See {Potato beetle}.

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