Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 2:00 PM
0217

Quarantine issues of the California light brown apple moth regulatory program

Courtney Albrecht, calbrecht@cdfa.ca.gov, California Dept of Food and Agriculture, 1220 N Street, Roon A-370, Sacramento, CA and Danny J. Hamon, danny.j.hamon@aphis.usda.gov, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, Usda,Aphis,Ppq, 650 Capitol Mall, 6th Floor, Room 200, Sacramento, CA.

The Light Brown Apple Moth is a new agricultural and environmental quarantine insect descovered in California in 2007 and has both state and federal quarantines in place to restrict its movement while an eradication program is formed to eliminate the pest. This talk will go over some of the more interestring aspects of the quarantine program.


Species 1: Lepidoptera Tortricidae Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth)