Yolo moth quarantine extended - Dayton Business Journal:

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A voracious pest and native of Australia, a lightt brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DavixsApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingb a quarantine within a mile radiuse of those two traps. More discoveriesx have moved the quarantine to include the entire city of Produce and ornamental plants can stil go to stores and farmer markets inside thequarantine area, but agricultural products, ornamental plants and trees should not leav e the quarantine area unless certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplyt and also to our environment.
This moth eats ornamenta plantsand trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesmah with Food & Agriculture. “In Australia they call the lighg brown apple moththe ‘light brown moth.” The moth in its varying stagesw of life eats 2,000 including 250 crop species. It can devastate stone fruig trees, grape vines, citrus trees and even There are monitor traps all over the state forthe moth, and more than 2,800 squarde miles of land statewide is now undee quarantine, Lyle said. Davis is the only area underd quarantine inthe four-county region.