Fuller rose beetle

noun

  1. a beetle, Pantomorus godmani, that feeds on the leaves of roses as well as on those of citrus and other fruit trees.

Origin of Fuller rose beetle

1
Perhaps named after A. S. Fuller (died 1896), American horticulturist

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