APHIS Deregulates Eight More Pests at Port of Entry
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is deregulating eight more pests at the port of entry, after the National Plant Board agreed with its proposals to change their status to non-actionable. The eight deregulated pests include (pests marked by an asterisk are still quarantine pests in Hawaii and/or territories):
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- Acutaspis scutiformis, an armored scale*
- Aleyrodes proletella, cabbage whitefly*
- Cosmopolites sordidus, banana weevil
- Ferrisia malvastra, Malvastrum mealybug
- Heterodera cruciferae, cabbage cyst nematode*
- Phaeosphaeria maydis, leaf spot of maize*
- Phenacoccus parvus, Lantana mealybug
- Trachymela sloanei, eucalyptus tortoise beetle