{"id":2272,"date":"2024-07-29T12:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:37:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:37:05","slug":"box-tree-moth-found-in-kent-county-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"Box Tree Moth Found in Kent County, Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The USDA\u2019s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported the discovery of the box tree moth (<em>Cydalima perspectalis<\/em>) recently at a Kent County home. The box tree moth is an invasive species typically found in New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Ohio. The box tree moth is a federally regulated pest that primarily feeds on boxwood species (<em>Buxus spp.<\/em>). If left unchecked, it causes significant damage and can potentially kill the plants. Boxwoods are a popular ornamental evergreen shrub common to many landscape environments in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the box tree moth &#8211; <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/plant-pests-diseases\/box-tree-moth\">https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/plant-pests-diseases\/box-tree-moth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What You Can Do<\/strong><br>Help prevent this invasive pest from spreading by monitoring, reporting, and controlling infestations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have boxwoods in your landscape, monitor your shrubs for brown or skeletonized leaves, defoliation, and webbing with caterpillars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact Delaware Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners at the Garden Helpline to report a suspected find and learn what pest management tools are available:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Castle County: 302-831-8862<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kent County: 302-730-4000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sussex County: 302-831-3389<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allow Delaware or Federal agricultural officials to inspect your boxwood plants and place detection traps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove infested boxwood plant branches. For heavy infestations, cut the boxwood from its base. Your plant should grow back from its roots. All boxwood debris should be double-bagged in plastic and placed in the trash. Homeowners should follow the Delaware Cooperative Extension\u2019s pesticide recommendations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nursery owners should monitor their boxwoods and implement safeguards to limit pest risk. All nursery businesses should report box tree moth detections to the Delaware Department of Agriculture at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:DDA_PlantPests@delaware.gov\">DDA_PlantPests@delaware.gov<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.delaware.gov\/2024\/07\/15\/box-tree-moth-found-at-private-residence-in-kent-county-delaware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Delaware News posting July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USDA\u2019s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported the discovery of the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) recently at a Kent County home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,48,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invasive-action","category-invasive-species-awareness","category-invasivesinthenews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2282,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions\/2282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}