Box-tree
Moth Cydalima
perspectalis (Walker, 1859)  |
Status
..... Originally an Asian species which was first
recorded from the UK as recently as 2008 and certainly introduced via the
horticultural trade. It very quickly became firmly established here and
has since spread north at an alarming rate.
Nottinghamshire's
first record was trapped by Sean Tobin at Bestwood Village in July 2018,
occurring about a fortnight before another was attracted to MV light at
Ravenshead by David and Veronica McGeever. A third moth was trapped by
Rob Woodward at the Bagthorpe Garden Allotments in Sherwood, Nottingham
in October 2018, and it has been recorded in increasing numbers
annually, so that by 2023, this moth had become widespread the length
and breadth of the county, with records coming from urban, suburban and
many village locations. |
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| Photographed at Worksop
September 2023 |
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| Dark form, photographed
at Mapperley September 2019 |
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Early stages |
| Half-grown larva (c15mm), photographed at Mapperley August
2019 |
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Full-grown larva (c30mm), photographed at Mapperley,
August 2019 |
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| Pupa photographed at Mapperley August
2019 |
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| Larval feeding signs on
Buxus sempervirens, photographed at Lambley and Mapperley August
2019 |
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