RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has confirmed the detection of a new invasive insect in the Commonwealth: the box tree moth. Inspectors ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Box tree moth, an invasive species that can devastate boxwood plants, has been confirmed for the first time in Maryland — in Fort ...
Adult box tree moths generally have white bodies with a brown head and abdomen tip. Their wings are white and slightly iridescent, with an irregular thick brown border, spanning 1.6 to 1.8 inches.