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
[s]colorado.jpg[/s] [
Colorado potato beetle
]