Cleobora

Cleobora mellyi
Scientific classification
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; (Mulsant, 1850)
Synonyms
	Cleodora mellyi Mulsant, 1850;

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. It is in the Coccinellini tribe 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.

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.

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.

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.

[:2-4] 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.