Autor(i)/Author(s): Ladislav Bakay, Ján Kollár
Názov/Title: The spread rate of Cydalima perspectalis (Walker 1859) in Slovakia (2013–2015)
Zdrojový dokument/Source: Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape
Typ dokumentu/Document Type: Scientific paper
ISSN: 2585-9811
ISBN: 978-80-552-1829-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15414/PUAL/2018.51-54
Vydavateľ/Publisher: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Rok, strany/PY, pages: 2018, 51-54
Publikované online/Published on-line: 2018-05-20
Jazyk/Language: eng
Abstract: The box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was discovered in Slovakia in 2010. In
2013, we started to monitor its spread rate and we continued to do so till 2015. We found that the box tree moth has
a relatively fast spread rate and it is successfully acclimatised with 3 overlapping generations in one year. It thrives
in the warm climatic regions of Slovakia but can also spread to the moderately warm climatic regions. During our
monitoring we observed natural predators of the box tree moth. Passer domesticus L. and Parus major L. Turdus
merula L. and Ficedula albicollis Tem. predated on imagos, while Ficedula albicollis caught distracted flying imagos
(melanic form of C. perspectalis did not attract predators unlike the natural form), Turdus merula searched for the prey
in the the canopy of Buxus sp.
Keywords: Cydalima perspectalis, Buxus sempervirens, invasive alien pest, Lepidoptera
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