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grape colaspis

noun
grape co·​las·​pis | \ -kəˈlaspə̇s\

Definition of grape colaspis

: a small pale brown elliptical leaf beetle (Colaspis flavida or a closely related form) whose larva is a short-legged grub that feeds on the roots of many cultivated plants and is sometimes especially destructive to soybeans and corn planted after clover

called also clover rootworm

History and Etymology for grape colaspis

New Latin Colaspis, genus of leaf beetles, from col- entry 2 + -aspis

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