UPDATE: Box Tree Moth has been positively confirmed in Kent County – DE. PLEASE BE VIGILANT
Click here to see the original link from DE.gov (write-up with more photos) “The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) has confirmed a find of box tree moth (BTM; Cydalima perspectalis) at a private residence in Kent County, Delaware. The box tree moth is a federally regulated pest that primarily feeds on boxwood species (Buxus spp.)”
Box Tree Moth poses a serious threat to boxwood production, maintenance, and export.
If you think you see this on Boxwoods in the landscape, garden, commercial locations, parking lots, anywhere boxwoods are growing – we want to know!!
If you see, or think you see this pest, or its damages in New Jersey please contact:
- RCE -Cumberland Co. Nursery Agent: Tim Waller – twaller@njaes.rutgers.edu
- or
- Nursery Inspection Program Manager: Sarah Katzenbach – sarah.katzenbach@ag.nj.gov (609) 406-6939
Please educate yourself about this in-bound pest here – Resources:
- Prior PPA post regarding expanding quarantines
- Video: Click here for- “Demystifying Box Tree Moth” – HRI
- Factsheet: Box Tree Moth: Fact Sheet, Management & Visual Guide
- OSU Guide: What to look for with Box Tree (Boxwood) Moth
- [Draft] Compliance agreement: National Plant Board – Box Tree Moth
