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 . 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
External links
Cleobora mellyi at the Atlas of Living Australia