colorado beetle

English Thesaurus

1. black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	chrysomelid, leaf beetle,
definition	:	brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus leptinotarsa, leptinotarsa,
definition	:	Colorado potato beetles (noun.animal)