Wine Grapes Added to Exempted Host List for Light Brown Apple Moth in California

 

Wine Grapes Added to Exempted Host List for Light Brown Apple Moth in California

On August 14, 2015, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) notified State Plant Regulatory Officials that commercially produced wine grapes (Vitis vinifera) are exempted from the host list for light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) in California.

APHIS and the California Department of Food and Agriculture and local county agricultural commissioners are working together to reach the goals of this regulatory program.

For further information on the host list, refer to the Light Brown Apple Moth Web site http://www.aphis.usda.gov/planthealth/lbam and select Regulation •Exempted Host List Appendix I (08/15).

For a map of the Federal quarantine area, refer to the Light Brown Apple Moth Maps Web site http://www.aphis.usda.gov/planthealth/lbam_maps and select Quarantine Maps •California Distribution Maps •August 2015.

For further information on the Light Brown Apple Moth Program, call National Policy Manager Richard Johnson at 301-851-2109.