EPPO Global Database

Cydalima perspectalis(DPHNPE)

Distribution details in Russia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 764 (2012): Present, no details
Comments
Originating from the Far East. Introduced into Southern Russia: first in Sochi (see below) and then in Novorossiisk (Krasnodar), Grozny (Chechnya) and Crimea.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/015) : detected for the first time in October 2013 in the city and the national park of Sotchi (Krasnodar), Southern Russia. It is suspected that the pest was introduced with infested boxwood plants (Buxus spp.) imported for the landscaping of the Olympic village.

Musolin et al. (2022): Far Est (part of the native range). Introduced into Southern Russia: initially found in the city of Sochi, then in the city of Grozny (Chechnya), in Krasnodar krai, Adygea, Stavropol krai, North Ossetia, Rostov-on-Don, Dagestan and Kaliningrad.
References
* Gninenko YI, Shiryaeva NV, Surov VI (2014) The box tree moth - a new invasive pest in the Caucasian forest. Plant Health - Research and Practice 1(7), 36-39.
------- Southern Russia.

* Godin AE, Miroshnikov AN, Prisniy Yu.A (2022) Additions to data on invasive insect species of Belgorod Region. Field Biologist Journal 4(4), 344–349. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2022-4-4-344-349 (In Russian with English abstract)
------- Belgorod (Southern Russia).

* Kirpichnikova VA (2005) Pyralidae. In Ler PA (ed.) Key to to the Insects of Russian Far East 5(2). Dal'Nauka, Vladivostok pp 526-539 (in Russian).

* Mally R, Nuss M (2010) Phylogeny and nomenclature of the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) comb. n., which was recently introduced into Europe (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). European Journal of Entomology 107, 393-400.

* Nesterenkova AE (2015) Studies of the biological characteristics of boxwood moth in the developing of its laboratory culture. Plant Health Research and Practice 4(14), 11-12.
------- Krasnodar, Chechnya, Crimea.

* Musolin DL, Kirichenko NI, Karpun NN, Aksenenko EV, Golub VB, Kerchev IA, Mandelshtam MY, Vasaitis R, Volkovitsh MG, Zhuravleva EN, Selikhovkin AV (2022) Invasive insect pests of forests and urban trees in Russia: origin, pathways, damage, and management. Forests 13(4), 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040521
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Present, few occurrences view...
China Jiangsu Present, no details view...
China Fujian Present, no details view...
China Present, no details view...
Georgia Present, restricted distribution view...
Poland Present, no details view...
Ukraine Present, restricted distribution view...