Cleobora

Cleobora is a monotypic genus of ladybird native to Tasmania and the southern states of mainland Australia. Its only recognized species is Cleobora mellyi, the Tasmanian ladybird or southern ladybird.[2] It is in the Coccinellini tribe[1] of the subfamily Coccinellinae.

Cleobora mellyi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Genus: Cleobora
Mulsant, 1850
Species:
C. mellyi
Binomial name
Cleobora mellyi
(Mulsant, 1850) [1]

C. mellyi was introduced to New Zealand in 1977 as a biological control agent against the eucalypt tortoise beetle, Paropsis charybdis, with mixed results.[3]

References
  1. "Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant)". CSIRO. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  2. "Cleobora mellyi Mulsant". CSIRO. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  3. "Control of eucalypt and blackwood pests with the southern lady bird Cleobora mellyi – a possibility?". nzffa.org.nz. 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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