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Box tree moth

Cydalima perspectalis

4,859Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar6
Apr58
May125
Jun578
Jul1,415
Aug747
Sep1,300
Oct591
Nov20
Dec5

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England703
2West Berkshire England342
3Sefton England199
4Bracknell Forest England151
5Norfolk England67
6Surrey England63
7Essex England56
8York England46
9Suffolk England44
10Kent England41
11East Riding of Yorkshire England39
12Cambridgeshire England33
13Somerset England28
14Nottingham England28
15Dorset England20
4,822 England3 Scotland27 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,859
Peak month
July
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Cydalima perspectalis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,232
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Cydalima
Name with authority
Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859)
Described
1859
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q175754 · GBIF 4532122