leaf beetle

See also: leaf-beetle

English

Alternative forms

• leaf-beetle

Noun

leaf beetle (plural leaf beetles)

1. 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: листое́д (ru) (listojéd)
• Swedish: bladbagge (sv) c

Anagrams

• flea beetle, fleabeetle