A small beetle that feeds chiefly on leaves and typically has bright metallic colouring. Some kinds are serious crop pests.
叶甲
Family Chrysomelidae: numerous species
Example sentencesExamples
While some basic facts are known about the southern corn leaf beetle's life cycle, there has been little biological research since the early 1900s.
One of the new pests to reach Ohio in recent years is the bean leaf beetle, which has long infested other states, carrying with it bean pod mottle virus.
Later, in 2002, the bridal creeper leaf beetle was released.
Cereal leaf beetle larvae may defoliate small grain foliage in the spring.
It's not that the beetle likes water - it's a leaf beetle - but that flooding disturbs the ground which encourages the plant.
Definition of leaf beetle in US English:
leaf beetle
noun
A small beetle that feeds chiefly on leaves and typically has bright metallic coloring. Some kinds are serious crop pests.
叶甲
Family Chrysomelidae: numerous species
Example sentencesExamples
While some basic facts are known about the southern corn leaf beetle's life cycle, there has been little biological research since the early 1900s.
One of the new pests to reach Ohio in recent years is the bean leaf beetle, which has long infested other states, carrying with it bean pod mottle virus.
Cereal leaf beetle larvae may defoliate small grain foliage in the spring.
It's not that the beetle likes water - it's a leaf beetle - but that flooding disturbs the ground which encourages the plant.
Later, in 2002, the bridal creeper leaf beetle was released.