grape co·las·pis
| \ -kəˈlaspə̇s \
Definition of grape colaspis
: 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
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