EPPO Global Database

Cydalima perspectalis(DPHNPE)

Distribution details in Ukraine

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/129) : first found in Crimea in 2015, and in Transcarpathia (near Velyka Dobron, West Ukraine) in 2016.

According to Turys (2015), the first signs of the presence of the pest were observed in Ukraine in 2014. It was identified in 2015 in the city of Mukachevo (Transcarpathia region).
References
* Meshkova V (2022) Alien phytophagous insects in forest and urban stands of Ukraine. Bucovina Forestieră 22(1), 29-40.
-------- Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Zakarpattia, Zhytomyr.

* Nagy A, Szarukan I, Csabai J, Molnar A, Molnar BP, Karpati Z, Szanyi S, Toth M (2017) Distribution of the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis Walker 1859) in the north-eastern part of the Carpathian Basin with a new Ukrainian record and Hungarian data. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 47(2), 279-282.

* 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.

* Tkalenko A, Ignat V, Lohtenko D (2019) Monitoring of gardens and parks plantations in the Ukraine Forest-steppe zone. Quarantine and Plant Protection, (3-4), 17-19. https://doi.org/10.36495/2312-0614.2019.3-4.17-19 (abst.)

* Turys E (2015) [Finds and biological development features of box tree moth Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Transcarpathian region, Ukraine]. Abstract (in Ukrainian) of a paper presented at the Uzhgorod Entomological Readings (Uzhgorod, UA, 2015-09-26/28).
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Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Present, few occurrences view...
Hungary Present, restricted distribution view...
Moldova Present, no details view...
Poland Present, no details view...
Romania Present, no details view...
Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Far East Present, no details view...
Slovakia Present, no details view...