four-lined plant bug

four-lined plant bug
noun
yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
Hypernyms: ↑mirid bug, ↑mirid, ↑capsid
Member Holonyms: ↑Poecilocapsus, ↑genus Poecilocapsus

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noun also four-lined leaf bug \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\
: a yellow or orange leaf bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus) that is widespread in eastern and central No. America, that has four longitudinal black stripes down the back, and that feeds on various wild and cultivated plants

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  • four-lined leaf bug — noun yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America • Syn: ↑four lined plant bug, ↑Poecilocapsus lineatus • Hypernyms: ↑mirid bug, ↑mirid, ↑capsid • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary

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