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title: "Box Tree Moth"
description: "Cydalima perspectalis — Owady i pająki. Cydalima perspectalis, the box moth or box tree moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae that feeds on box."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/box-tree-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Box Tree Moth

> Cydalima perspectalis — Owady i pająki. Cydalima perspectalis, the box moth or box tree moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae that feeds on box.

- Scientific name: *Cydalima perspectalis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 44891
- Wikidata: [Q175754](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175754)
- iNaturalist taxon: [325295](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/325295)

## Names

- en: Box Tree Moth
- de: Buchsbaumzünsler
- es: Oruga del boj
- fr: Pyrale du buis

## Countries with the most observations

GB (9463), DE (6920), FR (5131), CA (3026), ES (2126), AT (1975), PL (1329), IT (1306), NL (1271), CZ (1212), BE (1154), CH (1105)

## Summary

Cydalima perspectalis, the box moth or box tree moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae that feeds on box. It was first described by Francis Walker, the English entomologist, in 1859. It is native to China, Taiwan, Korea, and India; its native status in Japan and the Russian far east is uncertain, some sources saying native, but others saying possibly invasive there. It has invaded Europe; first recorded in Germany in 2006, then Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Switzerland in 2007, France and Austria in 2009, Hungary in 2011, then Romania in 2012, Denmark in 2013, and Spain in 2014. It has also been…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydalima_perspectalis

## Photo

![Box Tree Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/box-tree-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pedro Pires · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/362396295

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/box-tree-moth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).