EPPO Global Database

Buxus microphylla(BUXMI)

Pests

Organism Type
Ceroplastes ceriferus (as Buxus) (CERPCE) Host
Lycorma delicatula (LYCMDE) Host
* Barringer L, Ciafré CM (2020) Worldwide feeding host plants of spotted lanternfly, with significant additions from North America. Environmental Entomology 49(5), 999–1011.
Orgyia leucostigma (as Buxus) (HEMELE) Host
Calonectria pseudonaviculata (CYLDBU) Major host
* Shishkoff N, Daughtrey M, Aker S, Olsen RT (2015) Evaluating boxwood susceptibility to Calonectria pseudonaviculata using cuttings from the National Boxwood Collection. Plant Health Progress 16:11-15.
------- confirmed host. 
Cydalima perspectalis (DPHNPE) Major host
* Strachinis I, Kazilas C, Karamaouna F, Papanikolaou NE, Partsinevelos GK, Milonas PG (2015) First record of Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Greece. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 8, 66-72.