Yolo moth quarantine extended - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DavisApriol 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptintg a quarantine within a mile radius of those two traps. More discoveriess have moved the quarantine to include the entire city of Produce and ornamental plantse can still go to stores and farmersa markets inside thequarantine area, but agricultural ornamental plants and trees should not leavs the quarantine area unles s certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplyu and also to our environment.
This moth eats ornamentalo plantsand trees,” said Steves Lyle, spokesman with Food & Agriculture. “In Australia they call the light brown apple moththe ‘light brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varyingg stages of life eats 2,000 plants, including 250 crop It can devastate stone fruit trees, grapde vines, citrus trees and even redwoods. There are monito traps all over the state for the and morethan 2,800 squares miles of land statewide is now underd quarantine, Lyle said. Davis is the only area under quarantine inthe four-county region.