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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discoveredr in a trap in Davis April 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptinh a quarantine within a mile radius of thosre two traps. More discoveries have movecd the quarantine to includde the entire city of Produce and ornamental plants can stillp go to stores and farmers markets inside the quarantine butagricultural products, ornamental plants and trees shoul not leave the quarantine area unlessd certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplg and also to our environment.
This moth eats ornamental plants and saidSteve Lyle, spokesman with Food & “In Australia they call the light brown apple moth the ‘light brown eat-everything’ The moth in its varying stages of life eats 2,0009 plants, including 250 crop species. It can devastat stone fruit trees, grape citrus trees and even redwoods. There are monitoe traps all over the state forthe moth, and more than 2,8000 square miles of land statewide is now under Lyle said. Davis is the only area under quarantine inthe four-counth region.