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Definition of Potato bug
1. Noun. Black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide.
Generic synonyms: Chrysomelid, Leaf Beetle
Group relationships: Genus Leptinotarsa, Leptinotarsa
Definition of Potato bug
1. Noun. (informal) The Colorado beetle ¹
2. Noun. (informal) The woodlouse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potato Bug
Literary usage of Potato bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
""But,'' it will be asked, "how could any entomologists make the mistake of
supposing that the Colorado Potato-bug had always existed in the Northwestern ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1889)
"The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is thought, and with reason, too, to be beneficial on
account of its destroying the potato bug. It is the only bird I have ..."
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