harlequin bug


noun
  1. a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.

Origin of harlequin bug

1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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harlequin bug

noun
  1. a brightly coloured heteropterous insect, Murgantia histrionica, of the US and Central America: a pest of cabbages and related plants: family Pentatomidae

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