A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
COLORADO BEETLE
Meaning of COLORADO BEETLE in English
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012