#2401 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Box Tree Moth

🇳🇱 Buxusmot ·Cydalima perspectalis

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Charcos Companhia · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Wolf-Achim and Hanna Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © cvs1811 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © nbasargin · CC BY 4.0
6. © smg93 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © 王琰 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © bronzini · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Maxwell Giffen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Cydalima perspectalis or the box tree moth is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is native to eastern Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, the Russian Far East and India). It is an introduced species in Europe, first recorded in Germany in 2006, and subsequently in Switzerland and the Netherlands in 2007, Great Britain in 2008, France and Austria in 2009, Hungary in 2011, Romania and Turkey. It is also known from Slovakia, Belgium...

base stats

NL sightings 1,288iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 46,021iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,288 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
46,021 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Francis Walker in 1859 (167 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.