释义 |
colorado potato beetle noun or colorado beetle Usage: usually capitalized C : a black-and-yellow striped beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) originally found in the eastern foothills of the Rocky mountains where it fed on the sandbur (Solanum rostratum) but now feeding in both the larval and adult stages on the leaves of the potato, often doing great damage, and spread into most potato-growing regions of the world [Colorado potato beetle] |