noun
black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
• Syn: ↑Colorado beetle, ↑potato bug, ↑potato beetle, ↑Leptinotarsa decemlineata
• Hypernyms: ↑leaf beetle, ↑chrysomelid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Leptinotarsa, ↑genus Leptinotarsa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.