Box Tree (Boxwood) Moth: Latest Observations

Box Tree (boxwood) Moth (BTM) (Cydalima perspectalis, family Crambidae) caterpillars (larvae) develop through as many as 7 instar stages with the caterpillars molting between each instar.  This is the damaging stage with the caterpillars feasting on boxwood leaves and sometimes stripping the bark of small twigs.

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