The box tree moth Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) continues to spread in southern Europe: new records for Italy (Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Crambidae)

Autori

  • Salvatore Bella Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi Agroalimentari e Ambientali (DiGeSA), Sez. Entomologia applicata, Università degli Studi di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, 95123 Catania

Parole chiave:

Cydalima perspectalis, invasive species, Buxus, new record, Italy

Abstract

The Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) is an invasive alien species whose original range is in eastern Asia on Buxus species. In Europe, it was first reported in 2006 in Germany, rapidly becoming widespread across the European Union. The danger they present is that larvae develop on commonly planted ornamental bushes Buxus sempervirens L. This work provides an update of Cydalima perspectalis geographic distribution in Italy as well as including new records from Tuscany and the first record from Sicily.

##submission.downloads##

Fascicolo

V. 96 (2013)

Sezione

Articles

Licenza

Copyright © CREA – Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification (CREA-DC). Papers accepted for publication become the copyright of the journal REDIA.
Requests for permission to reproduce or reuse the published material should be addressed to the Managing Editor.