colorado beetle

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsColorado potato beetlepotato bugpotato beetleLeptinotarsa decemlineata

   Broaderleaf beetle

   Part ofLeptinotarsa

Questions about colorado beetle

What does colorado beetle mean?

colorado beetle means "black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide".

What is another word for colorado beetle?

Close synonyms include Colorado potato beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is colorado beetle a common word?

colorado beetle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.