The box tree moth, an invasive species from East Asia, poses a significant threat to boxwood shrubs in Michigan. The moth caterpillars can defoliate a boxwood within a single season and eventually ...

The box tree moth, an invasive species, has been confirmed in Maryland for the first time — in Washington County. The moth's caterpillars are voracious eaters that can defoliate and kill boxwood ...

ERIE, Pa. — A highly destructive, invasive insect new to North America was recently discovered in Pennsylvania. The box tree moth was located in two Erie County cemeteries, according to the ...

Pictured are plants that have been damaged by the box tree moth as well as webbing that is typical of a box tree moth infestation. There have been recent reports that a box tree moth has been found in ...

An invasive pest is targeting boxwood shrubs, and it has now been detected for the first time in Virginia. Box tree moth caterpillars feed directly on the leaves of boxwood shrubs and can completely ...

Our poor boxwoods can’t catch a break. Already threatened by a deadly blight disease and several lesser evils, America’s top-selling shrub is now in the crosshairs of a newly arrived bug called the ...

State inspectors have detected the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, in Frederick County, per a report from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. VDACS inspectors had ...

ERIE, Pa. — A new invasive insect species has been discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The box tree moth was found within two cemeteries in Erie County. This discovery is the first time the insect has ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has confirmed the detection of a new invasive insect in the Commonwealth: the box tree moth. Inspectors ...

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture officials have issued a quarantine on the sales of a popular evergreen shrub in Erie County after an invasive species of moth was found at two local cemeteries.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has issued a quarantine in Erie County after the invasive box tree moth was discovered in two cemeteries."This insect does not harm humans or threaten our ...