APHIS No Longer Regulating 10 Organisms at Ports of Entry
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on Aug. 2 that it would no longer regulate ten organisms at ports of entry, as the National Plant Board concurs with its recommendation to change the regulatory status to non-actionable for these pests.
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APHIS is no longer regulating the following organisms at ports of entry:
- Acutaspis albopicta, albopicta scale
- Chaetanaphothrips signipennis, banana thrips
- Dendrothripoides innoxius, sweet potato thrips
- Dysmicoccus neobrevipes, gray pineapple mealybug
- Hylurgus ligniperda, red-haired pine bark beetle
- Metamasius callizona, Mexican bromeliad weevil
- Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus, Asian grey weevil
- Pheidole megacephala, bigheaded ant
- Siphoninus phyllyreae, ash whitefly
- Thrips florum, banana flower thrips
APHIS list of pests no longer regulated, updated 08/02/12, available here.
National Plant Board’s concurring letter, dated 06/16/12, available here.