apple tree borer

noun

: a beetle having larvae that bore in apple trees:

a

: flatheaded apple tree borer

b

: a large beetle (Saperda candida) brown striped with white above and dull white beneath that is especially destructive to apple and other fruit trees

called also roundheaded apple tree borer

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