EPPO Global Database

Cydalima perspectalis(DPHNPE)

Distribution details in Croatia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/064) : in June 2012, 2 specimens were caught in a light trap in the northern part of Istria, on Parenzana road between the villages of Valica and Sveta Marija na Krasu, close to the Slovenian border.
References
* Gumhalter D, Berggren K, Aarvik L, Kosorín F, Graf F (2023) Nine aditions to the Croatian pyraloid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea). Natura Croatica 32(2), 485-509.
------- Specimens from Brač Island.

* Koren T, Črne M (2012) The first record of the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera, Cambidae) in Croatia. Natura Croatica 21(2), 507-510.

* Lemic D, Gasparic HV, Majcenic P, Živković IP, Bjeliš M, Suazo MJ, Correa M, Hernández J, Benítez HA (2023) Wing shape variation between terrestrial and coastal populations of the invasive box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, in Croatia. Animals 13(19), 3044. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193044
------- Studies on specimens collected from different locations across the country (Garešnica, Kaštela, Seget, Sinj, Split, Sveti Ivan Zelina, Zagreb).

* Matosevic D (2013) Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis, Lepidoptera: Crambidae), new invasive insect pest in Croatia. South-East European Forestry 4(2), 89-94.
------- Specimens collected in August and September 2013 in Arboretum Opeka, Vinica near Varazdin. Defoliation observed on B. sempervirens.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present, no details view...
Hungary Present, restricted distribution view...
Montenegro Present, restricted distribution view...
Serbia Present, no details view...
Slovenia Present, no details view...