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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviwApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptinh a quarantine within a mile radius of thosed two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includ e the entire cityof Davis. Produce and ornamenta l plants can still go to stores and farmerd markets inside thequarantine area, but agriculturap products, ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unless certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supply and also to our This moth eats ornamental plants and trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food & Agriculture.
“In Australiw they call the light brown apple moththe ‘lighg brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varying stages of life eats 2,00 0 plants, including 250 crop It can devastate stone fruit trees, grape citrus trees and even There are monitor traps all over the statew for the moth, and more than 2,800 squarw miles of land statewide is now under Lyle said. Davis is the only area undet quarantine inthe four-county region.