Potato beetle
Definition of Potato beetle
(Zool.)
A
beetle
(
Doryphora
decemlineata
) which
feeds
, both in the
larval
and
adult
stages
,
upon
the
leaves
of the
potato
,
often
doing
great
damage
.
Called
also
Colorado potato beetle
, and
Doryphora
.
The
Lema
trilineata
, a
smaller
and more
slender
striped
beetle
which
feeds
upon
the
potato
plant
,
bur
does
less
injury
than the
preceding
species
.
See also:
Potato
Potato
Related Words
chrysomelid
,
Colorado
beetle
,
Colorado
potato
beetle
,
genus
Leptinotarsa
,
leaf
beetle
,
Leptinotarsa
,
Leptinotarsa
decemlineata
,
potato
bug
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