Preferred name: Cydalima perspectalis
Authority: (Walker)
Taxonomic position: Animalia: Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae
Other scientific names: Diaphania perspectalis (Walker), Glyphodes perspectalis (Walker), Palpita perspectalis (Walker), Phakellura perspectalis Walker
Common names in English: box tree moth, box-tree pyralid
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EPPO Categorization: Alert list (formerly)
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EPPO Code: DPHNPE

EPPO Region: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France (mainland), Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Republic of, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal (mainland, Azores), Romania, Russian Federation (Far East, Southern Russia), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (mainland, Islas Baleares), Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
Africa: Algeria
Asia: China (Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Tianjin, Xizhang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Archipelago, Shikoku), Korea, Republic of, Pakistan
North America: Canada (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec), United States of America (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)

EPPO (2026) Cydalima perspectalis. EPPO datasheets on pests recommended for regulation. https://gd.eppo.int (accessed 2026-08-26)