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APHIS Deregulates Eight Pests at Port of Entry

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Sept. 19 said it 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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  • *Dieuches armatipes, African seed bug
  • *Hemicycliophora typica, a nematode with no common name
  • *Ovachlamys fulgens, Jumping snail
  • *Palmicultor palmarum, Ehrhorn’s palm mealybug
  • *Parapoynx diminutalis, Asian Hydrilla moth
  • Phorodon humuli, Damson-hop aphid
  • *Singhiella simplex, Fig whitefly
  • *Siphanta acuta, Torpedo bug