yellow-crescent blister beetle

noun

Pyrota insulata, a species of black and orange blister beetle found in the United States and Mexico.

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Meanings

nounyellow-crescent blister beetle (plural yellow-crescent blister beetles)

plural yellow-crescent blister beetles

  1. Pyrota insulata, a species of black and orange blister beetle found in the United States and Mexico.

Origin

From yellow + crescent + blister beetle (“beetle in the family Meloidae”), after their elytral patterns.

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APA

yellow-crescent blister beetle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow-crescent%20blister%20beetle

MLA

“yellow-crescent blister beetle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow-crescent%20blister%20beetle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow-crescent blister beetle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow-crescent%20blister%20beetle.

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