EPPO Global Database

Cydalima perspectalis(DPHNPE)

Distribution details in Algeria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, few occurrences
Comments
First observed in 2018 in the city center of Constantine (single adult photographed in a garden). Establishment has not been confirmed.
References
* Haddad K, Kalaentzis K, Demetriou J (2020) On track to becoming a cosmopolitan invasive species: First record of the box tree moth Cydalima perspectalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in the African continent. Entomologia Hellenica 29(2), 27–32. https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.23483