It doesn't seem to have made a big media splash, but officials found a light brown apple moth in the northest area of Los Angeles County, the first such discovery in Southern California, according to a California Department of Food and Agriculture press release. The story was picked up in Capital Press, a weekly agriculture trade newspaper, but not by the Los Angeles Time. In terms of the L.A. discovery, a Google news search comes up empty.
According to the Capital Press story, a single moth was found in a trap June 28 in Sherman Oaks. County officals placed 25 traps per square mile in a nine-mile radius around the Sherman Oaks discovery to determine whether more moths are in the area. The article and the CDFA press release also report that a single moth was found in Solano County, bringing the total number of counties affected to 11.
The UC Integrated Pest Management Program yesterday announced the production of a new publication on light brown apple moth, available in pdf format for free download from its Web site. The 21-page publication gives information on the biology and identification of the pest, lifecycle, monitoring, its impact on a variety of crops, control measures, and more. It includes more than a dozen color photos. The IPM Web site notes that their new document summarizes quarantine regulations, but suggests checking the CDFA light brown apple moth Web site for the latest and most complete information.
