SINCE 1828
rose chafer
nounDefinition of rose chafer
: a common North American scarab beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus) that feeds on plant roots as a larva and on leaves and flowers (as of rose or grapevines) as an adult
— called also
rose bug
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