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)

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.

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