Cleobora mellyi

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

Cleobora mellyi, the Tasmanian ladybird or southern ladybird is a ladybird species endemic to Tasmania and also found in the southern states of mainland Australia.[2].

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

References

  1. ^ "Cleobora mellyi (Mulsant)". CSIRO. http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/ladybirds/lucid/key/lucidKey/Media/Html/cleobMellyi1.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  2. ^ "Cleobora mellyi Mulsant". CSIRO. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_728.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-14. 
  3. ^ "Cleobora mellyi, the southern ladybird in New Zealand". www.nzffa.org.nz. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081014075045/http://www.nzffa.org.nz/pests/Predators/Cleobora_mellyi.html. Retrieved 2009-03-14. 


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