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 3591.5 - Mediterranean Fruit Fly 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 the Mediterranean fruit fly,
Ceratitis capitata,
is known to exist, is hereby proclaimed to
					 be an eradication area with respect to said pest, and as such it is amenable to
					 the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section
					 5761) of Chapter 8, Part 1,
					 Division 4, of the Food and Agricultural Code of California.
The entire counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange,
						Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Tulare
						and Ventura.
(b) Hosts. All
					 fruit (including nuts and berries), vegetables (other than leafy types grown
					 above ground), and the fruiting bodies of the plants listed herein. All of
					 these items (along with soil under or near plants bearing these items) that are
					 infested or are exposed to infestation by Mediterranean fruit fly are declared
					 a public nuisance. Unless proven otherwise, all cultivars, varieties, and
					 hybrids of the plant species listed herein are considered suitable hosts of
Ceratitis capitata
.
Scientific Name
Common Name
Acca sellowiana
(O. Berg)
								Burret
Pineapple guava
Acokanthera oppositifolia
(Lam.)
								Codd
Bushman's poison
Acokanthera schimperi
(A. DC.)
								Benth. & Hook. f. ex Schweinf.
Arrow poison tree
Actinidia chinensis
Planch
Golden kiwifruit
Actinidia deliciosa
(A. Chev.) C.
								F. Liang & A. R. Ferguson
Kiwifruit
Anacardium occidentale
L.
Cashew
Annona cherimola
Mill.
Cherimoya
Annona muricata
L.
Soursop
Annona reticulata
L.
Custard apple
Annona senegalensis
Pers.
Wild custard apple
Antiaris toxicaria
(Pers.)
								Lesch.
Sackingtree
Antidesma venosum
E. Mey. ex
								Tul.
Tassel berry
Arbutus unedo
L.
Strawberry tree
Arenga pinnata
(Wurmb) Merr.
Sugar palm
Argania spinosa
(L.) Skeels
Argantree
Artabotrys monteiroae
Oliv.
N/A
Artocarpus altilis
(Parkinson)
								Fosberg
Breadfruit
Averrhoa bilimbi
L.
Bilimbi
Averrhoa carambola
L.
Starfruit
Azima tetracantha
Lam.
N/A
Berberis holstii
Engl.
N/A
Blighia sapida
K. D. Koenig
Akee
Bourreria petiolaris
(Lam.)
								Thulin
N/A
Brucea antidysenterica
J. F.
								Mill
N/A
Butia capitata
(Mart.) Becc.
Jelly palm, coco palm
Byrsonima crassifolia
(L.)
								Kunth
Golden spoon
Calophyllum inophyllum
L.
Alexandrian laurel
Calophyllum tacamahaca
Willd.
N/A
Calotropis procera
(Aiton) W. T.
								Aiton
Sodom's apple milkweed
Cananga odorata
(Lam.) Hook. f.
								& Thomson
Ylang-ylang
Capparicordis crotonoides
(Kunth)
								Iltis & Cornejo
N/A
Capparis sandwichiana
DC.
Puapilo
Capparis sepiaria
L.
N/A
Capparis spinosa
L.
Caperbush
Capsicum annuum
L.
Sweet pepper
Capsicum baccatum
L.
Barpeppar
Capsicum chinense
Jacq.
Bonnet pepper
Capsicum frutescens
L.
Bird pepper
Capsicum pubescens
Ruiz &
								Pav.
Apple chile
Carica papaya
L.
Papaya
Carissa bispinosa
(L.) Desf. Ex
								Brenan
Hedgethorn
Carissa carandas
L.
Bengal currants
Carissa macrocarpa
(Eckl.) A.
								DC.
Natal plum
Carissa spinarum
L.
Carandas plum
Carissa tetramera
Stapf
N/A
Carya illinoinensis
(Wangenh.) K.
								Koch
Pecan
Casimiroa edulis
La Llave &
								Lex.
White sapote
Celtis tala
Gillies ex Planch.
Tala
Cestrum nocturnum
L.
Lady of the night
Chrysobalanus icaco
L.
Coco plum
Chrysophyllum cainito
L.
Star apple
Chrysophyllum gonocarpum
(Mart.
								& Eichler) Engl.
N/A
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
L.
Wild star apple
Chrysophyllum viridifolium
J. M.
								Wood & Franks
N/A
Citharexylum myrianthum
Cham.
N/A
Citrofortunella microcarpa
(Bunge)
								Wijnands
Calamondin
Citrus aurantiifolia
(Christm.)
								Swingle
Sour lime
Citrus aurantium
L.
Sour orange
Citrus deliciosa
Ten.
Mediterranean mandarin
Citrus jambhiri
Lush.
Rough lemon
Citrus latifolia
(Yu. Tanaka)
								Tanaka
Persian lime
Citrus limetta
Risso
Sweet lemon
Citrus limettioides
Tanaka
Palestine sweet lemon
Citrus limon
(L.) Burm. f.
Lemon
Citrus limonia
Osbeck
Canton lemon
Citrus maxima
(Burm.) Merr.
Pummelo
Citrus medica
L.
Citron
Citrus meyeri
Yu. Tanaka
Meyer lemon
Citrus myrtifolia
Raf.
Myrtle-leaf orange
Citrus nobilis
Lour.
King orange
Citrus paradisi
Macfad.
Grapefruit
Citrus reshni
hort. ex Tanaka
Cleopatra mandarin
Citrus reticulata
Blanco
Mandarin
Citrus sinensis
(L.) Osbeck
Orange
Citrus x tangelo
J. W. Ingram &
								H. E. Moore
Tangelo
Citrus unshiu
Marcow.
Satsuma mandarin
Clausena anisata
(Willd.) Hook.
								f.
Horsewood
Clausena lansium
(Lour.)
								Skeels
Wampi
Coccinia grandis
(L.) Voigt
Ivy gourd
Coccinia microphylla
Gilg
N/A
Coccoloba uvifera
(L.) L.
Sea grape
Coffea arabica
L.
Arabian coffee
Coffea canephora
Pierre ex A.
								Froehner
Robusta coffee
Coffea liberica
W. Bull ex
								Hiern
Liberian coffee
Cola natalensis
Oliv.
N/A
Corallocarpus ellipticus
Chiov.
N/A
Cordia
sp.
N/A
Corynocarpus laevigatus
J. R.
								Forst. & G. Forst.
Karakatrad
Crataegus azarolus
L.
Azarole
Crataegus gracilior
J. B.
								Phipps
N/A
Cucumis dipsaceus
Ehrenb. ex
								Spach
Hedgehog cucumber
Cucurbitella asperata
(Gillies ex
								Hook. & Arn.) Walp.
N/A
Cyclanthera pedata
(L.)
								Schrad.
Lady's slipper
Cydonia oblonga
Mill.
Quince
Dimocarpus longan
Lour.
Longan
Diospyros abyssinica
(Hiern) F.
								White
N/A
Diospyros decandra
Lour.
Chan in
Diospyros ebenum
J. Koenig
Ceylon ebony
Diospyros kaki
Thunb.
Japanese persimmon
Diospyros mespiliformis
Hochst. ex
								A. DC.
N/A
Diospyros pallens
(Thunb.) F.
								White
N/A
Diospyros pubescens
Pers.
N/A
Diospyros virginiana
L.
American persimmon
Dovyalis caffra
(Hook. f. &
								Harv.) Sim.
Kei apple
Dovyalis hebecarpa
(Gardner)
								Warb.
Ceylon gooseberry
Drypetes floribunda
(Müll.
								Arg.) Hutch.
N/A
Drypetes gerrardii
Hutch.
N/A
Drypetes natalensis
(Harv.)
								Hutch.
N/A
Ehretia cymosa
Thonn.
N/A
Ekebergia capensis
Sparrm.
Cape ash
Elaeodendron schweinfurthianum
(Loes.) Loes
N/A
Englerophytum magalismontanum
(Sond.) T. D. Penn.
N/A
Eriobotrya japonica
(Thunb.)
								Lindl.
Loquat
Euclea divinorum
Hiern
N/A
Eugenia brasiliensis
Lam.
Brazil cherry
Eugenia involucrata
DC.
Cherry of the Rio Grande
Eugenia pyriformis
Cambess.
Uvaia
Eugenia uniflora
L.
Surinam cherry
Ficus carica
L.
Fig
Filicium decipiens
(Wight &
								Arn.) Thwaites ex Hook. f.
N/A
Flacourtia indica
(Burm. f.)
								Merr.
Governor's plum
Flagellaria guineensis
Schumach.
N/A
Flueggea virosa
(Roxb. ex Willd.)
								Royle
N/A
Fortunella japonica
(Thunb.)
								Swingle
Round kumquat
Fortunella margarita
(Lour.)
								Swingle
Oval kumquat
Frangula californica
(Eschsch.) A.
								Gray
California buckthorn
Garcinia brasiliensis
Mart.
N/A
Garcinia livingstonei
T.
								Anderson
African mangosteen
Garcinia mangostana
L.
Mangosteen
Garcinia xanthochymus
Hook. f.
Sour mangosteen
Geoffroea decorticans
(Gillies ex
								Hook. & Arn.) Burkart
Chañar
Grewia trichocarpa
Hochst. ex A.
								Rich.
N/A
Guettarda speciosa
L.
Sea randa
Hancornia speciosa
Gomes
Mangaba
Harpephyllum caffrum
Bernh. ex C.
								Krauss
Kaffir date
Harrisonia abyssinica
Oliv.
N/A
Hexachlamys edulis
(O. Berg) Kausel
								& D. Legrand
Cereja do Rio Grande
Inga feuilleei
DC.
Pacae
Inga laurina (
Sw.) Willd.
N/A
Inga sellowiana
Benth.
N/A
Juglans australis
Griseb.
Argentine walnut
Juglans hindsii
(Jeps.) R. E.
								Sm.
Hind's black walnut
Juglans neotropica
Diels
Andean walnut
Juglans nigra
L.
Black walnut
Juglans regia
L.
English walnut
Lagenaria siceraria
(Molina)
								Standl.
Bottle gourd
Lamprothamnus zanguebaricus
Hiern
N/A
Latania loddigesii
Mart.
Blue latan
Licania tomentosa
(Benth.)
								Fritsch
Oiti
Litchi chinensis
Sonn.
Litchi
Ludia mauritiana
J. F. Gmel.
N/A
Lycium europaeum
L.
Boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum
Miers
African boxthorn
Lycium subglubosum
L.
N/A
Malpighia emarginata
DC.
Barbados cherry
Malpighia glabra
L.
Acerola
Malus floribunda
Siebold ex Van
								Houtte
Japanese crab apple
Malus pumila
Mill.
Paradise apple
Malus sylvestris
(L.) Mill.
Crab apple
Mangifera indica
L.
Mango
Manilkara butugi
Chiov.
N/A
Manilkara jaimiqui
(C. Wright)
								Dubard
Wild sapodilla
Manilkara sansibarensis
(Engl.)
								Dubard
N/A
Manilkara sulcata
(Engl.)
								Dubard
N/A
Manilkara zapota
(L.) P. Royen
Sapote
Matisia cordata
Humb. &
								Bonpl.
South American sapote
Mespilus germanica
L.
Medlar
Mimusops bagshawei
S. Moore
N/A
Mimusops caffra
E. Mey. ex A.
								DC.
Coastal red milkwood
Mimusops elengi
L.
Medlar
Mimusops kirkii
Baker
N/A
Mimusops kummel
Bruce ex A.
								DC.
N/A
Mimusops obtusifolia
Lam.
N/A
Mimusops zeyheri
Sond.
Transvaal red milkwood
Momordica charantia
L.
Balsam apple
Monodora grandidieri
Baill.
N/A
Morus alba
L.
White mulberry
Morus nigra
L.
Black mulberry
Morus rubra
L.
Red mulberry
Mouriri elliptica
Mart.
N/A
Muntingia calabura
L.
Calabur tree
Murraya exotica
L.
Chinese boxwood
Murraya paniculata
(L.) Jack
Mock orange
Musa acuminata
Colla
Banana
Musa x paradisiaca
L.
French plantain
Myrcianthes pungens
(O. Berg) D.
								Legrand
Guabiju
Myrianthus arboreus
P. Beauv.
N/A
Noronhia emarginata
(Lam.)
								Thouars
Chinese plum
Ochrosia elliptica
Labill.
Scarlet wedge-apple
Olea europaea
L.
Wild olive
Olea woodiana
Knobl.
N/A
Opilia amentacea
Roxb.
N/A
Opuntia
spp.
Tuna, prickly-pear
Oxyanthus zanguebaricus
(Hiern)
								Bridson
N/A
Parmentiera aculeata
(Kunth)
								Seem.
Candletree
Passiflora alata
Curtis
Wingstem passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
L.
Blue passionflower
Passiflora edulis
Sims
Common passionflower
Passiflora foetida
L.
Love-in-a-mist passionflower
Passiflora ligularis
Juss.
Sweet granadilla
Passiflora suberosa
L.
Cork passionflower
Passiflora tripartita
(Juss.)
								Poir.
Banana passionflower
Pentarhopalopilia
umbellulata
								(Baill.) Hiepko
N/A
Peponium mackenii
(Naudin)
								Engl.
N/A
Pereskia aculeata
Mill.
Barbados gooseberry
Persea americana
Mill.
Avocado
Phoenix dactylifera
L.
Date
Phyllanthus acidus
(L.) Skeels
Gooseberry tree
Physalis peruviana
L.
Cape gooseberry
Pithecellobium dulce
(Roxb.)
								Benth.
Blackbead
Plinia cauliflora
(Mart.)
								Kausel
Jaboticaba
Podocarpus elongatus
(Aiton) L'Her.
								ex Pers.
Breede River yellowwood
Polysphaeria parvifolia
Hiern
N/A
Poncirus trifoliata
(L.) Raf.
Hardy orange
Pouteria caimito
(Ruiz & Pav.)
								Radlk.
Caimito
Pouteria campechiana
(Kunth)
								Baehni
Canistel
Pouteria lucuma
(Ruiz & Pav.)
								Kuntze
Lucmo
Pouteria ramiflora
(Mart.)
								Radlk.
N/A
Pouteria sapota
(Jacq.) H. E. Moore
								& Stearn
Mammee sapote
Pouteria viridis
(Pittier)
								Cronquist
Injerto
Prunus africana
(Hook. f.)
								Kalkman
African cherry
Prunus americana
Marshall
American plum
Prunus armeniaca
L.
Apricot
Prunus avium
(L.) L.
Sweet cherry
Prunus cerasifera
Ehrh.
Cherry plum
Prunus cerasus
L.
Dwarf cherry
Prunus domestica
L.
Wild plum
Prunus dulcis
(Mill.) D. A.
								Webb
Almond
Prunus ilicifolia
(Nutt. ex Hook.
								& Arn.) D. Dietr.
Hollyleaf cherry
Prunus mume
Siebold &
								Zucc.
Japanese apricot
Prunus persica
(L.) Batsch
Peach, nectarine
Prunus salicina
Lindl.
Plum
Prunus serotina
Ehrh.
Black cherry
Psidium cattleyanum
Sabine
Cattley guava, strawberry guava
Psidium friedrichsthalianum
(O.
								Berg) Nied.
Costa Rican guava
Psidium guajava
L.
Guava
Psidium guineense
Sw.
Brazilian guava
Punica granatum
L.
Pomegranate
Pyrus communis
L.
Pear
Pyrus pyrifolia
(Burm. f.)
								Nakai
Sandparon
Rubus idaeus
L.
Raspberry
Rubus lucidus
Rydb.
N/A
Rubus sanctus
Schreb.
Blackberry
Salacia elegans
Welw. ex Oliv.
N/A
Salpichroa origanifolia
(Lam.)
								Thell.
Cock's eggs
Sandoricum koetjape
(Burm. f.)
								Merr.
Red santol
Santalum album
L.
Sandalwood
Santalum ellipticum
Gaudich.
Yellow sandalwood
Scaevola plumieri
(L.) Vahl
Beechberry
Scaevola taccada
(Gaertn.)
								Roxb.
Beach naupaka
Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Jacq.
False mastic
Sideroxylon inerme
L.
N/A
Sideroxylon polynesicum
(Hillebr.)
								& Anderb
N/A
Simmondsia chinensis
(Link) C. K.
								Schneid.
Jojoba
Solanum aethiopicum
L.
Chinese scarlet
								eggplant*
Solanum betaceum
Cav.
Tree tomato
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Cav.
Bull nettle
Solanum glaucophyllum
Desf.
N/A
Solanum incanum
L.
Palestine nightshade
Solanum linnaeanum
Hepper &
								P.-M. L. Jaeger
Apple of Sodom
Solanum lycopersicum
L.
Tomato
Solanum macrocarpon
L.
African eggplant*
Solanum mauritianum
Scop.
Bugtree
Solanum muricatum
Aiton
Melon pear
Solanum nigrum
L.
Black nightshade
Solanum pimpinellifolium
L.
Currant tomato
Solanum pseudocapsicum
L.
Jerusalem-cherry
Solanum scabrum
Mill.
Garden huckleberry
Solanum seaforthianum
Andrews
Climbing nightshade
Solanum sessiliflorum
Dunal
Cocona
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Lam.
Dense thorn bitter apple
Solanum torvum
Sw.
Turkey berry
Spondias dulcis
Sol. ex
								Parkinson
Golden apple
Spondias mombin
L.
Hog plum
Spondias purpurea
L.
Red mombin
Spondias tuberosa
Arruda ex
								Kost.
Imbu
Spondias venulosa
(Engl.) Mart. ex
								Engl.
N/A
Sterculia apetala
(Jacq.) H.
								Karst.
Panama tree
Strychnos decussata
(Pappe)
								Gilg
N/A
Strychnos henningsii
Gilg
N/A
Strychnos potatorum
L. f.
Clearing nut tree
Strychnos pungens
Soler.
N/A
Syngonium podophyllum
Schott
American evergreen
Synsepalum dulcificum
(Schumach.)
								Daniell
Miracle fruit
Syzygium cumini
(L.) Skeels
Jambolan
Syzygium jambos
(L.) Alston
Malabar plum
Syzygium malaccens
e (L.) Merr.
								& L. M. Perry
Malay apple
Syzygium paniculatum
Gaertn.
Magenta lilly-pilly
Syzygium samarangense
(Blume) Merr.
								& L. M. Perry
Java apple
Terminalia catappa
L.
Tropical almond
Terminalia chebula
Retz.
Black myrobalan
Theobroma cacao
L.
Cacao
Thevetia peruviana
(Pers.) K.
								Schum.
Lucky nut
Triphasia
sp.
N/A
Vaccinium ashei
J. M. Reade
Rabbit-eye blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton
Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
L.
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Rabbit-eye blueberry
Vangueria infausta
Burch.
African medlar
Vasconcellea quercifolia
A.
								St.-Hil.
Calasacha
Vepris lanceolata
(Lam.) G.
								Don
White ironwood
Vepris nobilis
(Delile) Mziray
N/A
Vepris simplicifolia
(Engl.)
								Mziray
N/A
Vepris trichocarpa
(Engl.)
								Mziray
N/A
Vitis
spp.
Grapes
Wikstroemia phillyreifolia
A.
								Gray
N/A
Ximenia americana
L.
False sandalwood
Ximenia caffra
Sond.
N/A
Ziziphus jujuba
Mill.
Chinese jujube
Ziziphus lotus
(L.) Lam.
Lotus jujube
Ziziphus mauritiana
Lam.
Chinese apple
Ziziphus spina-christi
(L.)
								Desf.
Christ's thorn
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* Commercially produced eggplants are not regulated
						articles.
(c) Means and
					 Methods. The following means and methods may be used in the eradication and
					 control of said pest in said area.
(1) The
					 use of insecticides, chemicals, or other materials as spray, dust, bait or in
					 any other manner as often as necessary to effect control.
(2) The removal and destruction of all plant
					 parts known or suspected to harbor any stage of said pest.
(3) The searching for all stages of
					 Mediterranean fruit fly by visual inspection, the use of taps, or any other
					 means.
(4) The removal and
					 destruction of abandoned or unwanted plants bearing or capable of bearing
					 hosts.
(5) The importation,
					 rearing, liberation, and fostering of parasites and predators which attack
					 Mediterranean fruit fly.
(6) The
					 importation, rearing, or liberation of sterile forms of the Mediterranean fruit
					 fly.