Yolo moth quarantine extended - Sacramento Business Journal:

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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingt a quarantine within a mile radius of thoses two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includse the entire cityof Davis. Produce and ornamentakl plants can still go to storesw and farmers markets inside thequarantine area, but agriculturapl products, ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unleszs certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplty and also to our environment.
This moth eats ornamentall plantsand trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food Agriculture. “In Australia they call the light brown applw moththe ‘light brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varyingb stages of life eats 2,000 plants, includinyg 250 crop species. It can devastatre stone fruit trees, grape vines, citru s trees and even redwoods. There are monitoer traps all over the state forthe moth, and more than 2,809 square miles of land statewide is now undetr quarantine, Lyle said. Davis is the only area undefr quarantine inthe four-county region.