Cleobora

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

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]

C. mellyi was introduced to New Zealand in 1977 as a biological control agent, with mixed results.[3]

References

"Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant)". CSIRO. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
"Cleobora mellyi Mulsant". CSIRO. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
"Cleobora mellyi, the southern ladybird in New Zealand". nzffa.org.nz. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2009.

External links

Cleobora mellyi at the Atlas of Living Australia

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

[CSIRO_Ento_AICN_Cleoboramellyi-2] "Cleobora mellyi Mulsant". CSIRO. Retrieved 14 March 2009.

[NZFFA_BiologicalControlAgents_Cmellyi-3] "Cleobora mellyi, the southern ladybird in New Zealand". nzffa.org.nz. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2009.