leaf beetle

See also: leaf-beetle

English

Alternative forms

leaf-beetle

Noun

leaf beetle (plural leaf beetles)

Any of very many brightly-coloured beetles, of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on plant leaves.

Synonyms

chrysomelid

Derived terms

broad-bodied leaf beetle (Chrysomelinae spp.)
cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus)
cylindrical leaf beetle (Cryptocephalinae spp.)
elm leaf beetle (Xanthogaleruca luteola)
long-horned leaf beetle (Donaciinae spp.)
oval leaf beetle (Eumolpinae spp.)
small cereal leaf beetle
warty leaf beetle (Cryptocephalinae spp.)

Translations

chrysomelid beetle

Dutch: bladhaantje
Finnish: lehtikuoriainen (fi)
Hungarian: levélbogár (hu)
Latvian: lapgrauzis m
Navajo: tádídíín yiyání
Portuguese: crisomelídeo m
Russian: листоеды (ru) (listojedy)
Swedish: bladbagge (sv) c

Anagrams

flea beetle, fleabeetle

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