OHIO, USA — An invasive moth threatening one of Ohio’s most popular landscape plants has been detected in four more counties, state agriculture officials said.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture confirmed that box tree moths were found in monitoring traps in Ashtabula, Clark, Cuyahoga and Preble counties.
The moth, first detected in Ohio in June 2023, has now been found in 11 counties: Ashtabula, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren…