Dysdercus
noun
Dys·der·cus
də̇sˈdərkəs
: a genus of long-legged slender-bodied usually brightly colored bugs (family Pyrrhocoridae) that feed chiefly in the developing seed of cotton causing discoloration of the lint see cotton stainer
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, probably from Greek dysderkēs ugly, hard to see, from dys- + -derkēs (from derkesthai to see, flash)