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The California Department of Food and Agriculture in Sacramento has expanded its light brown apple moth quarantine to include five counties near San Francisco.
Santa Clara County, home to San Jose, joins Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and Marin counties.
Inspectors found the first light brown apple moth in the Bay Area came on Feb. 27. Since then, nearly 150 have been detected in Palo Alto, Los Altos, San Rafael, Sausalito, San Francisco, Alameda, Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito and Richmond.
Trapping and surveying will continue in the area to learn how widespread the infestation is.
Light brown apple moth is native to Australia and is found in New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Hawaii. The pest can infest more than 250 plant species, including peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries and apricots, apples, pears, grapes and citrus.
The pest destroys, stunts or deforms young seedlings; spoils the appearance of ornamental plants; and injures deciduous fruit-tree crops, citrus and grapes.
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