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Answer for the clue "Colorful crop pest ", 8 letters:
greenfly

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Word definitions for greenfly in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Greenfly may refer to: Aphid , an insect, one variety of which is commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth Common green bottle fly , an insect Greenfly (producer) , the artist name of Lawrence Green, an English drum and bass music producer ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A green aphid that is a common pest of garden plants, houseplants, and crops.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants

Usage examples of greenfly.

Even the appearance of a honey and hazemut bavarois, which tasted even better than it looked, did little to lift her spirits, although she did her best to look intelligent about greenfly and black spot while she ate it She would excuse herself when they had had their coffee, she decided, on the grounds that she wanted to wash her hair before she went to bed, but in this she was frustrated.

I think of the biomorphs as female, therefore, because asexual animals like greenfly are nearly always basically female in form.