LEPTINOTARSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leptinotarsa mean? 

• LEPTINOTARSA (noun)
  The noun LEPTINOTARSA has 1 sense:

1. Colorado potato beetles

  Familiarity information: LEPTINOTARSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPTINOTARSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Colorado potato beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Leptinotarsa; Leptinotarsa

Hypernyms ("Leptinotarsa" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Leptinotarsa"):

Colorado beetle; Colorado potato beetle; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; potato beetle; potato bug (black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide)

Holonyms ("Leptinotarsa" is a member of...):

Chrysomelidae; family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)