shield beetle

English

Noun

shield beetle (plural shield beetles)

1. Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
2. (British) Any of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida.
3. (obsolete) Cossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

Synonyms

• (Pentatomoidea): chust bug, stink

Derived terms

• beet shield beetle (Cassida nebulosa)
• birch shield beetle/birch shield bug (Elasmostethus interstinctus)
• bronze shield beetle/bronze shield bug (Troilus luridus)
• clouded shield beetle (Cassida nebulosa)
• green shield beetle/green shield bug (Palomena prasina)
• hawthorn shield beetle/hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
• jewel shield beetle
• rainbow shield beetle
• thistle shield beetle, thistle-feeding shield beetle (Cassida rubiginosa)

See also

• tortoise beetle

References

• “shield beetle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.