asiatic beetle

English Thesaurus

1. introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle,
definition	:	any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	anomala, genus anomala,
definition	:	genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses (noun.animal)