epilachna

English Thesaurus

1. genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America; both larvae and adults feed on plants (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	bean beetle, epilachna varivestis, mexican bean beetle,
definition	:	introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	coccinellidae, family coccinellidae,
definition	:	the ladybugs (noun.animal)