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Cydalima perspectalis

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Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis)
Image Gallery, Fact Sheet Collection
Roscoe, R.
cydalima-perspectalis.de, a hobbyist website, documents the life cycle of the box tree moth with high-resolution photos and videos featuring time-lapse.  It describes and illustrates significant stages from mating and oviposition to eclosion.  There's also sections covering the moth's color morphs and box tree damage.
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Quarantine Pest: Cydalima perspectalis (Box Tree Moth) - Screening Guide for Box Tree Moth Pupae
PPQ Inspection Aid
Young JD, Passoa SC, and Solis MA. 2021. Quarantine Pest: Cydalima perspectalis (Box Tree Moth) - Screening Guide for Box Tree Moth Pupae. USDA APHIS PPQ: 1
This APHIS-PPQ aid describes and illustrates the diagnostic characters for evaluating potential Cydalima perspectalis pupae. If these characters are present the specimen should be sent to a specialist for confirmation.
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Quarantine Pest: Cydalima perspectalis (Box Tree Moth) - Screening Guide to Larvae known to feed on Buxus spp.
PPQ Inspection Aid
Young JD, Passoa SC, and Solis MA. 2021 Quarantine Pest: Cydalima perspectalis (Box Tree Moth) - Screening Guide to Larvae known to feed on Buxus spp. USDA APHIS PPQ: 1
This APHIS-PPQ aid features a brief key to identify Cydalima perspectalis larvae suspects feeding on Buxus spp. among non-targets.  
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Identification Aid for Box Tree Moths (Cydalima perspectalis)
PPQ Job Aid
Young JD, Passoa S, and Solis MA. 2021. Identification Aid for Box Tree moths (Cydalima perspectalis). USDA APHIS PPQ: 1-6.
This  APHIS-PPQ aid covers which external characteristics to look for when dealing with moth specimens collected from a dry bucket trap, wing patterns and relative sizes of native genera (non-targets) that could be encountered, and instructions for preparing and dissecting male and female specimens to identify targets by genitalia.  
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Emerging Threats: Box Tree Moth - Cydalima perspectalis
Screening Aid/Fact Sheet/Pest Alert
National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN)
This pest is present in North America, but hasn't yet established in the U.S.  Use this First Detector Program fact sheet to learn how to identify the pest and what to look for on its box tree host.
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PlantwisePlus Knowledge Bank: Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis)
Image Gallery, Screening Aid/Fact Sheet/Pest Alert
CABI PlantwisePlus Knowledge Bank
This fact sheet focuses on the host signs and symptoms.  Images and a distribution map are included.
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Buchsbaumzünsler – Stopp Dem Schädling (Box Tree Borer - Stop the Pest)
Screening Aid/Fact Sheet/Pest Alert
MaagGarden, Switzerland
This video shows Cydalima perspectalis (box tree moth) in all its life stages and the damage it causes to its host, box tree (Buxus spp.).  In German; for English subtitles, click: CC, then cogwheel > Subtitles/CC > Auto-translate > English.
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Fraßschäden durch Buchsbaumzünsler (Box Tree Borer)
Screening Aid/Fact Sheet/Pest Alert
SchoenerSuedwestenTV
Shows mature caterpillar of Cydalima perspectalis feeding on host.  In German; no translation available.
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Royal Horticultural Society: Box Tree Caterpillar
Screening Aid/Fact Sheet/Pest Alert
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), United Kingdom
This Cydalima perspectalis fact sheet covers distribution in the U.K. and symptoms on Box plants (Buxus spp.).
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Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis, Lepidoptera; Crambidae), New Invasive Insect Pest in Croatia
Journal Article
Matoševic D. 2013. Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis, Lepidoptera; Crambidae), New Invasive Insect Pest in Croatia. South-East European Forestry, Croatian Forest Research Institute 4 (2): 89-94
Abstract: Background and purpose: Alien invasive species have been described as an outstanding global problem. Hundreds of species are intentionally and unintentionally moved worldwide and and numbers of introductions to new habitats have been accelerated all over the world due to the increasing mobility of people and goods over the past decades. Numerous alien insect species, many of them introduced only in the last 20 years, have become successfully established in various ecosystems in Croatia. Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis, Lepidoptera; Crambidae) is an invasive pest recently introduced to Europe causing serious damage to ornamental box (Buxus sp.) shrubs and trees. The aim of this paper is to describe the biology of box tree moth with prognosis of its future spread and damages in Croatia.
Material and methods: Young larvae (first and second larval stage) and adults of box tree moth were collected in August and September 2013 in Arboretum Opeka and in Varaždin. They were brought to the entomological laboratory of Croatian Forest Research Institute where they were reared to pupae and then to moths.
Results and Conclusions: The box tree moth was recorded for the first time in North Croatia in August 2013. Larvae were found defoliating box plants (B. sempervirens) in Arboretum Opeka, Vinica and they have been identified as C. prespectalis. According to damages it can be assumed that the pest has been introduced to the region earlier (in 2011 or 2012) and that the primary infection has not been detected. At least two generations per year could be assumed in Croatia in 2013. The damage done to box tree plants on the locality of study is serious. The plants have been defoliated, particularly in the lower parts. The defoliation reduced the amenity value of plants. This is the first record of this pest and its damages in Northern Croatia and it can be expected that the pest will rapidly spread to other parts of Croatia seriously damaging box plants, becoming threat to gardens and parks in Croatia.
 
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Invasive Species Compendium: Cydalima perspectalis (Box Tree Moth)
Screening Aid/Fact Sheet/Pest Alert
CABI
The nomenclature of C. perspectalis has only recently been adapted. This fact sheet contains images, description, distribution (maps included), biology, ecology, hosts, symptoms, impacts, natural enemies, and control. There are links to supplemental information.
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Box Tree Caterpillar - Cydalima perspectalis (syn. Diaphania perspectalis)
Screening Aid/Fact Sheet/Pest Alert
The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), United Kingdom
The nomenclature C. perspectalis was adapted in 2010. This caterpillar is native to Asia, and is present in Europe. This fact sheet includes a description, images, and information about distribution, biology, and management.
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The First Record of the Box Tree Moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Croatia
Journal Article
Koren, T. and Crne, M.
This brief research paper documents the first capture of the box tree moth in Croatia and its spread toward southern Europe. The paper includes an image of the captured moth.