RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has confirmed the detection of a new invasive insect in the Commonwealth: the box tree moth. Inspectors ...

Cydalima perspectalis, commonly known as the box tree moth, has rapidly emerged as one of the most problematic invasive species in Europe. Native to Asia, this moth was introduced through the ...

A new invasive insect species has been discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The box tree moth was found within two cemeteries in Erie County. This discovery is the first time the insect has been ...

CABI scientists, who have published their research in the journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, suggest that an accidentally introduced parasitoid could help save wild box trees from ecological ...