PLANT LOUSE vs LEAF BEETLE: NOUN
- A small homopterous insect which infests plants; specifically, an aphid; any member of the Aphididse.
- Any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
- Any of very many brightly-coloured beetles, of the family Chrysomelidae, that feed on plant leaves.
- A beetle of the family Chrysomelidæ, nearly all the members of which are leaf-feeders both as larvæ and as adults.
- Particular leaf-beetles (and so with leaf-cutters, root-borers, etc.) are known by some distinctive adjective or attribute prefixed, as bean leaf-beetle (‘leaf-beetle of the bean’). All such three-word names may be taken also as bean-leaf beetle (‘beetle of the bean-leaf’), etc.
- Brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems
PLANT LOUSE vs LEAF BEETLE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- Larvae infest roots and stems
PLANT LOUSE vs LEAF BEETLE: RELATED WORDS
- Shield bug, Robber fly, Harvest mite, Aphidivorous, Coccid insect, Dipterous insect, Black beetle, Puceron, Plant hopper, Spittle insect, Hemipter, Leaf roller, Homopterous insect, Aphid, Louse
- Apple maggot, Phytophthora, Thrip, Anthracnose, Flea beetle, Mealybug, Chinch bug, Fall webworm, Insect, Beetle, Codling moth, Whitefly, Aphid, Spider mite, Chrysomelid
PLANT LOUSE vs LEAF BEETLE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Shield bug, Robber fly, Harvest mite, Aphidivorous, Coccid insect, Dipterous insect, Black beetle, Puceron, Plant hopper, Spittle insect, Hemipter, Leaf roller, Homopterous insect, Aphid, Louse
- Leafminer, Webworms, Apple maggot, Phytophthora, Thrip, Anthracnose, Chinch bug, Fall webworm, Insect, Beetle, Codling moth, Whitefly, Aphid, Spider mite, Chrysomelid
PLANT LOUSE vs LEAF BEETLE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Linnaeus, though where he got it and why he applied it to the plant louse are mysteries.
- For images and details on this pest's life cycle and management options, see our recently revised cereal leaf beetle fact sheet.
- Bean leaf beetle adults can be pests in reproductive soybeans by feeding on leaves and scarring and clipping pods.
- Imported willow leaf beetle larvae skeletonize the underside of leaves while adults chew small holes in leaves.
- The cereal leaf beetle has one generation per year.