EPPO Global Database

Cydalima perspectalis(DPHNPE)

Distribution details in Russia (Southern Russia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/015) : detected the first time in October 2013 in the city and the national park of Sotchi (Krasnodar). It is suspected that the pest was introduced with infested boxwood plants (Buxus spp.) imported for the landscaping of the Olympic village.

Gninenko et al. (2014), during 2013 massive spread of the pest took place around Sochi and into native forests where severe damage to boxwood (mainly B. sempervirens and to a lesser extent B. colchica and B. balearica) was observed. Also found in Chechnya.

Musolin et al. (2022): 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.

* 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.

* INTERNET
Federal Forestry Agency. Centre of Forest Health of Krasnodar region. [Boxwood moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) introduced into the relict forests of the Krasnodar region]. http://czl23.ru/news.php?extend.102 (in Russian).

* 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 Anhui Present, no details view...
China Jiangsu Present, no details view...
China Fujian Present, no details view...
China Present, no details view...
China Yunnan Present, no details view...
China Shanghai Present, no details view...
China Guizhou Present, no details view...
China Henan Present, no details view...
China Jiangxi Present, no details view...
China Shandong Present, no details view...
China Tianjin Present, no details view...
China Shaanxi Present, no details view...
China Xizhang Present, no details view...
China Zhejiang Present, no details view...
China Chongqing Present, no details view...
China Beijing Present, no details view...
China Gansu Present, no details view...
China Guangdong Present, no details view...
China Hainan Present, no details view...
China Hebei Present, no details view...
China Hubei Present, no details view...
China Hunan Present, no details view...
China Liaoning Present, no details view...
China Qinghai Present, no details view...
China Sichuan Present, no details view...
Georgia Present, restricted distribution view...
Poland Present, no details view...
Ukraine Present, restricted distribution view...