Cleobora

Cleobora mellyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Cleobora ; Mulsant, 1850
Species:	C. mellyi
Binomial name
	Cleobora mellyi; (Mulsant, 1850)

Last updated August 30, 2025

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]

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.

External links

Cleobora mellyi at the Atlas of Living Australia

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[CSIRO_sp-1] 1 2 "Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant)". CSIRO . Retrieved 16 March 2009.

[CSIRO_Ento_AICN_Cleoboramellyi-2] "Cleobora mellyi Mulsant". CSIRO. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2009.

[NZFFA_BiologicalControlAgents_Cmellyi-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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