Definition of Rose chafer

1. Noun. A common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses.

Exact synonyms: Cetonia Aurata, Rose Beetle
Generic synonyms: Scarabaean, Scarabaeid, Scarabaeid Beetle
Group relationships: Cetonia, Genus Cetonia

2. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Macrodactylus Subspinosus, Rose Bug
Generic synonyms: Melolonthid Beetle
Group relationships: Genus Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus

Definition of Rose chafer

1. Noun. A metallic-green beetle, ''Cetonia aurata'', with a distinct V-shaped scutellum, found over central and southern Europe. ¹

2. Noun. A tan-colored beetle, ''Macrodactylus subspinosus'', found in North America. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Chafer

rose-red
rose-ringed parakeet
rose-root
rose acacia
rose apple
rose bay
rose bed
rose beetle
rose bengal
rose bengal radioactive test
rose bug
rose burner
rose campion
rose cephalic tetanus
rose chafer (current term)
rose chafers
rose chestnut
rose cold
rose curve
rose family
rose fish
rose garden
rose gardens
rose geranium
rose geraniums
rose globe lily
rose gold
rose golds
rose growers granuloma

Literary usage of Rose chafer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1904)
"The Green rose chafer. Cetonia aurata, Linn. The larvae have been reported from the Counties of Worcester and Stafford, and the beetle from Warwick. ..."

2. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"The rose chafer is destructive only in sandy regions; leaf- hoppers are always present in ... The rose chafer does not confine its attacks to the grape, ..."

3. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers ; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1859)
"Watertown, June \9th, 1841." The Rose Bug. — " The Rose-chafer, or Rose-bug, as it is more commonly and incorrectly called, is also a diurnal insect. ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Craftsman 30:224 Je '16 rose chafers Poisonous effects of the rose chafer upon chickens. G: H. Lamson, jr. Science ns 43: 138-9 Ja 28 '16 Rose bug or rose ..."

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