California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine › Subchapter 5 - Insect Pest Control › Article 2 - Pest Eradication Areas › Section 3591.24 - European Grapevine Moth Eradication Area

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Proclamation of Eradication Area. That portion of the State of California
					 described as follows within which a certain pest, European Grapevine Moth
					 (
Lobesia botrana
), is known to exist are hereby proclaimed to
					 be eradication areas with respect to said pest:
The entire State.
(b) Hosts and Possible Carriers, Within Said
					 Area. The following nursery stock, plants and plant parts and any greenwaste
					 residues thereof or any other plant which by scientific investigation is shown
					 to be capable of sustaining European Grapevine Moth in any stage of
					 development:
Scientific Name
Common Name
Actinidia chinensis
Kiwi fruit or Chinese Gooseberry
Berberis vulgaris
European Barberry
Clematis vitalba
Old-Man's-Beard or Traveller's Joy
Daphne gnidium
Spurge Flax
Dianthus
spp.
Carnation
Diospyros kaki
Persimmon
Galium mollugo
False Baby's Breath or White Bedstraw
Hypericum calycinum
St. John's Wort or Aaron's Beard
Ligustrum vulgare
European Privet
Olea europaea
Olive
Prunus
spp.
Stone Fruit (e.g. apricot, cherry, plum)
Punica granatum
Pomegranate
Rhus glabra
Smooth Sumac
Ribes spp.
Currant, Gooseberry
Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosemary
Rubus
spp.
Blackberry, Dewberry
Silene vulgaris
Bladder Campion
Trifolium pratense
Red Clover
Urginea maritime
Sea squill
Vitis
spp.
Grape
Ziziphus jujuba
Jujube
(c) Possible Carriers. Possible carriers
					 shall include all appliances used in the growing, harvesting, processing and
					 hauling of the host plants and plant parts and any greenwaste residues
					 including but not limited to tractors, trailers, trucks, planting, picking and
					 pruning equipment and processing machinery, the premises and appurtenances
					 thereto and any lands where host plants are growing or were grown during the
					 past season, or any other thing which by scientific investigation is shown to
					 be capable of harboring or spreading any stage of European Grapevine
					 Moth.
(d) Means and Methods. The
					 following means and methods may be used in the control and eradication of the
					 European Grapevine Moth within the State:
(1)
					 The repeated application of insecticides or herbicides sprays or dusts or
					 biological agents or pheromones to disrupt mating or mass trapping by approved
					 methods to any or all premises or lands, host plants or possible carriers, and
					 any other articles or things which are infested or exposed to infestation and
					 capable of harboring or spreading the European Grapevine Moth.
(2) The removal and destruction of any and
					 all possible carriers, including nursery stock or trees and shrubs if
					 permission is received from the property owner, or if such action is the only
					 practical way of eliminating the infestation of a host or possible carrier to
					 prevent the spread or reinfestation of European Grapevine Moth.
(3) The searching for all stages of European
					 Grapevine Moth by visual inspection, the use of traps, or any other means
					 anywhere within the said area.
(4)
					 The removal and destruction of abandoned or unwanted hosts or possible carriers
					 bearing or capable of bearing European Grapevine Moth in any life
					 stage.
(5) The removal and
					 destruction of plant parts, such as fruit or bark, capable of harboring any
					 life stage of European Grapevine Moth.
(6) Covering with tarps or enclosed
					 construction of all trucks, trailers and other appliances hauling host plants,
					 host plant crops or greenwaste residues to or from packing or processing
					 facilities, greenwaste transfer stations, landfills, or elsewhere, to prevent
					 spillage or blowout along roads.
(7) The importation, rearing, liberation, and
					 fostering of parasites and predators which attach the moth.
(8) The importation, rearing, or liberation
					 of sterile forms of the European Grapevine Moth.