Colorado Beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
The Colorado potato beetle is a beetle known for being a major pest of potato crops. It is about 10 mm long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its wings. Native to the Rocky Mountains, it spread rapidly in potato crops across the United States and then Europe from 1859 onwards.
- Scientific name
- Leptinotarsa decemlineata
- Family
- Chrysomelidae