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Box tree moth - Cydalima perspectalis Introduced in Europe and first recorded in Germany in 2006. Recently recorded in Bulgaria as well.<br /> This is not my photo - one of my employees captured it with her smartphone on the wall of our factory in Sofia. She knows how much I am interested in anything alive and made this photo for me. Her name is on the photo.<br /> There is a Wiki page for this species, but strange way, the JD record failed to create and I did it manually. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Box tree moth,Bulgaria,Crambidae,Cydalima perspectalis,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Lepidoptera,Moth Week 2018,Nature,Sofia,Summer,Wildlife,invasive species Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Box tree moth - Cydalima perspectalis

Introduced in Europe and first recorded in Germany in 2006. Recently recorded in Bulgaria as well.
This is not my photo - one of my employees captured it with her smartphone on the wall of our factory in Sofia. She knows how much I am interested in anything alive and made this photo for me. Her name is on the photo.
There is a Wiki page for this species, but strange way, the JD record failed to create and I did it manually.

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    WildFlower
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    This is what it looked like a couple of weeks ago.
    Box tree moth caterpillar Box tree moth,Bulgaria,Cydalima perspectalis,Geotagged,Invasive species,Summer


    They are found all over the country. There is nothing left of the big box trees in the sea garden in Varna.     Posted 6 years ago

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The Box tree moth

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) and introduced in Europe.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Aug 18, 2016. Captured Aug 5, 2016 13:19 in ul. "Dyakon Ignatiy" 5, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.
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  • SM-J500FN
  • f/1.9
  • 1/35s
  • ISO80
  • 3.7mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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