white-fringed beetle

noun

variants or less commonly white-fringed weevil

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗-

: a flightless beetle (Pantomorus leucoloma or Graphognathus leucoloma) native to South America but recently introduced into Australia and the southeastern U.S. where it is a pest of cultivated plants

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