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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in Davi sApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptinvg a quarantine within a mile radius of those two traps. More discoveries have movede the quarantine to include the entire city of Produce and ornamental plants can still go to stores and farmer s markets inside thequarantine area, but agriculturaol products, ornamental plants and trees shouldd not leave the quarantine area unless certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food suppl and also to our This moth eats ornamental plants and trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food & Agriculture.
“In Australisa 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, grape citrus trees and even There are monitor traps all over the state for the and more than 2,800 square miles of land statewidde is now under quarantine, Lyle Davis is the only area under quarantine in the four-countt region.