LANSING — A quarantine to contain an invasive pest has been expanded to include 12 counties in southeastern and central Michigan. Lenawee and Monroe counties already were part of the box tree moth ...

Michigan’s box tree moth infestation has spread to a 13th county. The invasive pest is a looming menace of the state’s boxwood industry. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development ...

Defoliation of leaves, brown or skeletonized leaves, webbing, and, of course, box tree caterpillars/moths. For more information and images: https://www.udel.edu ...

The caterpillar stage of box tree moth is responsible for the damage to boxwoods. Caterpillars are aggressive foliage feeders and often leave behind only the leaf margins or midribs, giving damaged ...

Washington County is one of four Maryland counties under quarantine for the box tree moth and continues to suffer from the ...

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.

Property owners with boxwoods beware! The box tree moth, lethal to the shrubs, has been found in Delaware. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s animal and plant health inspection service has confirmed ...