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[syn: Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Colorado beetle
n 1: 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]