macrodactylus

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Melolonthidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug, rose chafer,
definition	:	common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	melolonthidae, subfamily melolonthidae,
definition	:	considered a separate family in some classification systems (noun.animal)