colorado potato beetle in English

noun
1
a yellow- and black-striped leaf beetle native to North America. The larvae are highly destructive to potato plants and have occurred in many countries.

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1. Bt, a bacterial toxin meant to kill off the Colorado potato beetle, one of the potato's Commonplace enemies in …