cucumber beetle

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English

three beetles of genus Diabrotica

Noun

cucumber beetle (plural cucumber beetles)

  1. A chrysomelid beetle of the genus Diabrotica or the genus Acalymma (in subtribe Diabroticina), often found on the leaves and flowers of cucurbits.

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