This has now been found with diamondback moths in Hawaii and potato beetles in Florida.
The false potato beetle feeds on solanaceous weeds, such as horsenettle, Solanum carolinense.
The same goes for the benign-looking potato beetle and the pristine grub.
It is commonly known as Haldeman's green potato beetle.
It can easily be confused with its close cousin and look-alike, the false potato beetle.
The potato beetle "scare" is not of much account in the country of the potato beetle.
"We're going to have to learn to control the sea lampreys the way farmers control the potato beetle."
False potato beetle, Leptinotarsa juncta, the other species include:
It was used against the potato beetle and the gypsy moth.
"As a child I never saw potato beetles, but now I see a lot of them," a middle-aged woman remarked.