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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Crambidae 800952 – 5199.4 – Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) – Box Tree Moth

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Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859), an Asian species, is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico, Toronto, Ontario, CFIA, 2019.

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Info at Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), 2019. Mally, R. & M. Nuss, 2010. Phylogeny and nomenclature of the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) comb. n., which was recently introduced into Europe (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). European Journal of Entomology, 107: 393-400. Mally, R., J.E. Hayden, C. Neinhuis, B.H. Jordal & M. Nuss, 2019. The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 77(1): 141-204. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Walker, F., 1859. Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London, 18: 515.

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