box tree moth

English

Noun

box tree moth (plural box tree moths)

1. A moth of the species Cydalima perspectalis, native to East Asia, invasive in Australia were ther feed on box trees.
   • 2018 June 14, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian‎:

     According to Fox, most of the new arrivals are entirely benign although one, the box tree moth, will be unpopular with gardeners for its caterpillars’ habit of devouring the leaves of box hedges.