Cleobora
| Cleobora mellyi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Cleobora Mulsant, 1850 |
| Species: | C. mellyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleobora mellyi | |
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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.
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]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.5–9 mm (0.22–0.35 in). The head is yellow or orange, with black markings on the clypeus. The pronotum and elytra are orange or yellow, with a black pattern and transverse bands on the elytra.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant)". CSIRO. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
- ↑ "Cleobora mellyi Mulsant". CSIRO. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ↑ "Control of eucalypt and blackwood pests with the southern lady bird Cleobora mellyi – a possibility?". nzffa.org.nz. 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ↑ Ślipiński, A.; Pang, H. (2020). Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini. London: Bloomsbury Wildlife. p. 1-240. ISBN 1472978668. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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