Flea-beetle

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:41:28

Flea"-bee`tle (?), n. Zool.

A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

 

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