grape colaspis
noun
grape co·las·pis
-kəˈlaspə̇s
: 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
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Colaspis, genus of leaf beetles, from col- entry 2 + -aspis