Colorado potato beetle
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| phylum | Arthropoda | The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, or the potato bug, is a major pest of potato crops. It is about 10 mm (3⁄8 in) long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown stripes along the length of each of its elytra.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Coleoptera | |
| family | Chrysomelidae | |
| genus | Leptinotarsa | |
| species | L. decemlineata |
