What is "potato beetle"

Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zo["o]l.) 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.

n. the Colorado beetle, Leptinotarsa decimlineata

n. black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide [syn: Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato bug, Leptinotarsa decemlineata]