shield beetle
English
Noun
shield beetle (plural shield beetles)
- Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
- (British) Any of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida.
- (obsolete) Cossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- beet shield beetle (Cassida nebulosa)
- birch shield beetle/birch shield bug (Elasmostethus interstinctus)
- bronze shield beetle/bronze shield bug (Troilus luridus)
- clouded shield beetle (Cassida nebulosa)
- green shield beetle/green shield bug (Palomena prasina)
- hawthorn shield beetle/hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
- jewel shield beetle
- rainbow shield beetle
- thistle shield beetle, thistle-feeding shield beetle (Cassida rubiginosa)
See also
References
- “shield beetle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.