Florida Regulations 5B-3.0038: Quarantine Action
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(1) Plants and plant products which are not accompanied by proof of origin and a certificate of inspection issued by a state or country plant protection governmental agency indicating compliance with Florida regulations or are found to be infested or infected with, or exposed to a plant pest not known to be established in the state shall be subject to being refused entry, returned to the owner, quarantined, treated, or destroyed as specified by the department. The destruction, quarantine, treatment, or return of a shipment shall be under the direction of an authorized representative of the department and at the expense of the owner. Payment to the department for such expense shall be required before shipping can resume. Pursuant to Florida Statutes § 581.031(7), shippers shall be immediately suspended from shipping into Florida when shipments of plants and plant products are found to be infested or infected with a plant pest not known to be established in the state, and the pest is determined to be potentially damaging to Florida agriculture. This suspension shall remain in effect until the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry and the state of origin department of agriculture agree the problem has been resolved and that shipping may resume. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action. This agreement is supplied by the division for this purpose and is hereby incorporated herein by reference. A copy may be obtained via http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07879. The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate quarantine action:
(a) Arthropods
1. Agrilus planipennis – emerald ash borer
2. Aceria litchii – currently in Hawaii; Litchi mite
3. Anoplophora spp. – Asian longhorned beetles
4. Bactericerca cockerelli – potato psyllid
5. Bactericera nigricornis complex – Old world potato psyllid
6. Bagrada hilaris – bagrada bug
7. Biprorulus bibax – spined orange bug
8. Bostrichidae – Bostrichid beetles
9. Brevipalpus chilensis – Chilean false red mite
10. Ceratovacuna lanigera – sugarcane woolly aphid
11. Epiphyas postvittana – light brown apple moth
12. Eutetranychus orientalis – Oriental red mite
13. Exophthalmus spp. – Caribbean citrus weevils
14. Halyomorpha halys – brown marmorated stink bug
15. Liriomyza huidobrensis – pea leaf miner
16. Liriomyza langei – pea leaf miner
17. Lobesia botrana – European grapevine moth
18. Maconellicoccus hirsutus – pink mealybug
19. Metamasius spp. – Neotropical palm and bromeliad weevils
20. Musgraveia sulciventris – bronze orange bug
21. Myllocerus spp. – Asian weevils
22. Nasonovia ribisnigri – currant-lettuce aphid
23. Nephotettix spp. – Green leafhoppers on rice
24. Nilaparvata lugens – brown plant hopper
25. Oxycarenus hyalinipennis – dusky cottonseed bug
26. Prymnotrypes spp. – Andean potato weevils
27. Rhagoletis mendax – blueberry maggot fly
28. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus – red palm weevil
29. Rhynchophorus palmarum – giant palm weevil
30. Russelliana solanicola – a potato psyllid
31. Siphoninus plyillyleae – Ash whitefly
32. Trioza anceps – avocado psyllid
33. Trioza perseae – avocado psyllid
34. Trioza erytreae – African citrus psyllid
35. Tropilaelaps clareae – Tropilaelaps mite
36. Tuta absoluta – tomato leaf miner
(b) Diseases
1. Banana bunchy top virus
2. Chilli leaf curl virus
3. Citrus chlorotic dwarf
4. Citrus leprosis virus
5. Citrus variegated chlorosis
6. Citrus yellow mosaic virus
7. Huanglongbing – citrus greening disease – Candidatus Liberibacter asiatius; Candidatus Liberibacter amerianus; Candidatus Liberibacter africanus
8. Fiji disease of sugarcane
9. Fusarium oxysporum, esp. tropical race IV
10. Phytophthora alni
11. Phytophthora europea
12. Phytophthora foliorum
13. Phytophthora hedriandra
14. Phytophthora kernoviae
15. Phytophthora nemarosa
16. Phytophthora pseudosyringae
17. Phytophthora siskyouensis
18. Phytophthora ramorum – sudden oak death
19. Puccinia horiana – chrysanthemum white rust
20. Ralstonia solanacearum – blood disease of banana
21. Septoria citri
22. Sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus
23. Sugarcane yellowleaf syndrome
24. Tomato chlorosis virus
25. Tomato infectious chlorosis virus
26. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus
27. Tomato marchitez virus
28. Tomato severe leaf curl virus
29. Tomato torrado virus
30. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus – China, Seychelles and Indonesia strains
31. Tomato yellow vein streak
(c) Mollusks
1. Achatina spp. – giant African land snail and others
2. Archachatina marginata – banana rasp snail
3. Cryptomphalus spp. – brown garden snail and others
4. Megalobulimus oblongus – giant South American snail
5. Theba pisana – white garden snail
(d) Nematodes
1. Anguina tritici – wheat gall nematode
2. Bursaphelenchus cocophilus – red ring nematode
3. Ditylenchus destructor – potato rot nematode
4. Ditylenchus dispaci – bud and stem nematode
5. Globodera spp. – potato cyst nematode
6. Hemicycliophora arenaria – citrus sheath nematode
7. Heterodera carotae – carrot cyst nematode
8. Heterodera cruciferae – cabbage cyst nematode
9. Heterodera goettingiana – pea cyst nematode
10. Heterodera zeae – corn cyst nematode
11. Hoplolaimus columbus – Columbia lance nematode
12. Longidorus africanus – a needle nematode
13. Longidorus belondriodes – a needle nematode
14. Meloidogyne chitwoodi – Columbia root-knot nematode
15. Meloidogyne citri – a citrus root-knot nematode
16. Meloidogyne fujianenis – citrus root-knot nematode
17. Meloidogyne naasi – cereal root-knot nematode
18. Nacobbus aberrans – false root-knot nematode
19. Pratylenchus convallariae – a lesion nematode
20. Pratylenchus crenatus – a lesion nematode
21. Pratylenchus goodeyi – a lesion nematode
22. Xiphinema brevicolle – a dagger nematode
23. Xiphinema bricolensis – a dagger nematode
24. Xiphinema californicum – a dagger nematode
25. Xiphinema diversicaudatum – a dagger nematode
26. Xiphinema index – California dagger nematode
27. Xiphinema insigne – a dagger nematode
28. Xiphinema vuittenezi – a dagger nematode
29. Zygotylenchus spp. – a lesion nematode
(2) Plant pests of limited distribution in the State of Florida. Plants and plant products found infested or infected with or exposed to a plant pest of limited distribution in the state shall be subject to immediate quarantine action and will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plant and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action. The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate quarantine action:
(a) Arthropods
1. Aleurodicus rugioperculatus – gumbo limbo whitefly
2. Aulacaspis yasumatsui – Asian cycad scale
3. Diaphorina citri – Asian citrus psyllid
4. Diaprepes abbreviatus – diaprepes root weevil
5. Duponchelia fovealis – European pepper moth
6. Maconellicoccus hirsutus – pink mealybug
7. Metamasius callizona – bromeliad weevil
8. Metamasius hemipterus – palm and sugarcane weevil
9. Morganella longispina – plumose scale
10. Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus – weevil
11. Nipaecoccus viridis – Lebbeck mealybug
12. Noctua pronuba – large yellow underwing
13. Oligonychus persae – avocado mite
14. Opuntiaspis spp. – scale insect
15. Paratachardina pseudolobata – lobate lac scale
16. Parlatoria ziziphi – black parlatoria scale
17. Pectinophora gossypiella – pink bollworm
18. Phalacrococcus howertoni – Howerton’s scale
19. Philephedra sp. – scale insect
20. Phoenicococcus marlatti – red date scale
21. Raoiella indica – red palm mite
22. Singhiella simplex – ficus whitefly
23. Vinsonia stellifera – stellate scale
24. Xyleborus glabratus – red bay ambrosia beetle
(b) Diseases
1. Agrobacterium tumefaciens – crown gall
2. Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
3. Cucurbit leaf crumple begemovirus
4. Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder crinivirus
5. Guignardia citricarpa – citrus black spot
6. Huanglongbing – citrus greening
7. Lethal yellowing of palms
8. Pepino mosaic virus
9. Phomopsis gardeniae – gardenia canker
10. Phytophthora tropicalis
11. Puccinia pelargonii – zonalis – geranium rust
12. Sphaceloma poinsettiae – poinsettia scab
13. Texas phoenix palm decline phytoplasma
14. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus – all in the complex
15. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri – citrus canker
(c) Mollusks
1. Otala lactea – milk snail
2. Zachrysia provisoria – Cuban land snail
(d) Nematodes
1. Meloidogyne enterlobii – Guava root-knot nematode
2. Tylenchulus semipenetrans – a citrus nematode
(3) Common Plant Pests. All nursery stock and other plants and plant products found infested or infected with a common plant pest shall be subject to immediate quarantine action when the population of the plant pest is adversely affecting the plant or plant product. The plant or plant product will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action.
Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 581.031(4), 581.101 FS. Law Implemented 581.031(7), (9), 581.101 FS. History-New 4-1-97, Amended 6-12-00, 10-8-03, 9-24-08, 2-26-17, 10-18-18.
(a) Arthropods
1. Agrilus planipennis – emerald ash borer
2. Aceria litchii – currently in Hawaii; Litchi mite
3. Anoplophora spp. – Asian longhorned beetles
4. Bactericerca cockerelli – potato psyllid
5. Bactericera nigricornis complex – Old world potato psyllid
6. Bagrada hilaris – bagrada bug
7. Biprorulus bibax – spined orange bug
8. Bostrichidae – Bostrichid beetles
9. Brevipalpus chilensis – Chilean false red mite
10. Ceratovacuna lanigera – sugarcane woolly aphid
11. Epiphyas postvittana – light brown apple moth
12. Eutetranychus orientalis – Oriental red mite
13. Exophthalmus spp. – Caribbean citrus weevils
14. Halyomorpha halys – brown marmorated stink bug
15. Liriomyza huidobrensis – pea leaf miner
16. Liriomyza langei – pea leaf miner
17. Lobesia botrana – European grapevine moth
18. Maconellicoccus hirsutus – pink mealybug
19. Metamasius spp. – Neotropical palm and bromeliad weevils
20. Musgraveia sulciventris – bronze orange bug
21. Myllocerus spp. – Asian weevils
22. Nasonovia ribisnigri – currant-lettuce aphid
23. Nephotettix spp. – Green leafhoppers on rice
24. Nilaparvata lugens – brown plant hopper
25. Oxycarenus hyalinipennis – dusky cottonseed bug
26. Prymnotrypes spp. – Andean potato weevils
27. Rhagoletis mendax – blueberry maggot fly
28. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus – red palm weevil
29. Rhynchophorus palmarum – giant palm weevil
30. Russelliana solanicola – a potato psyllid
31. Siphoninus plyillyleae – Ash whitefly
32. Trioza anceps – avocado psyllid
33. Trioza perseae – avocado psyllid
34. Trioza erytreae – African citrus psyllid
35. Tropilaelaps clareae – Tropilaelaps mite
36. Tuta absoluta – tomato leaf miner
(b) Diseases
1. Banana bunchy top virus
2. Chilli leaf curl virus
3. Citrus chlorotic dwarf
4. Citrus leprosis virus
5. Citrus variegated chlorosis
6. Citrus yellow mosaic virus
7. Huanglongbing – citrus greening disease – Candidatus Liberibacter asiatius; Candidatus Liberibacter amerianus; Candidatus Liberibacter africanus
8. Fiji disease of sugarcane
9. Fusarium oxysporum, esp. tropical race IV
10. Phytophthora alni
11. Phytophthora europea
12. Phytophthora foliorum
13. Phytophthora hedriandra
14. Phytophthora kernoviae
15. Phytophthora nemarosa
16. Phytophthora pseudosyringae
17. Phytophthora siskyouensis
18. Phytophthora ramorum – sudden oak death
19. Puccinia horiana – chrysanthemum white rust
20. Ralstonia solanacearum – blood disease of banana
21. Septoria citri
22. Sugarcane bacilliform badnavirus
23. Sugarcane yellowleaf syndrome
24. Tomato chlorosis virus
25. Tomato infectious chlorosis virus
26. Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus
27. Tomato marchitez virus
28. Tomato severe leaf curl virus
29. Tomato torrado virus
30. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus – China, Seychelles and Indonesia strains
31. Tomato yellow vein streak
(c) Mollusks
1. Achatina spp. – giant African land snail and others
2. Archachatina marginata – banana rasp snail
3. Cryptomphalus spp. – brown garden snail and others
4. Megalobulimus oblongus – giant South American snail
5. Theba pisana – white garden snail
(d) Nematodes
1. Anguina tritici – wheat gall nematode
2. Bursaphelenchus cocophilus – red ring nematode
3. Ditylenchus destructor – potato rot nematode
4. Ditylenchus dispaci – bud and stem nematode
5. Globodera spp. – potato cyst nematode
6. Hemicycliophora arenaria – citrus sheath nematode
7. Heterodera carotae – carrot cyst nematode
8. Heterodera cruciferae – cabbage cyst nematode
9. Heterodera goettingiana – pea cyst nematode
10. Heterodera zeae – corn cyst nematode
11. Hoplolaimus columbus – Columbia lance nematode
12. Longidorus africanus – a needle nematode
13. Longidorus belondriodes – a needle nematode
14. Meloidogyne chitwoodi – Columbia root-knot nematode
15. Meloidogyne citri – a citrus root-knot nematode
16. Meloidogyne fujianenis – citrus root-knot nematode
17. Meloidogyne naasi – cereal root-knot nematode
18. Nacobbus aberrans – false root-knot nematode
19. Pratylenchus convallariae – a lesion nematode
20. Pratylenchus crenatus – a lesion nematode
21. Pratylenchus goodeyi – a lesion nematode
22. Xiphinema brevicolle – a dagger nematode
23. Xiphinema bricolensis – a dagger nematode
24. Xiphinema californicum – a dagger nematode
25. Xiphinema diversicaudatum – a dagger nematode
26. Xiphinema index – California dagger nematode
27. Xiphinema insigne – a dagger nematode
28. Xiphinema vuittenezi – a dagger nematode
29. Zygotylenchus spp. – a lesion nematode
(2) Plant pests of limited distribution in the State of Florida. Plants and plant products found infested or infected with or exposed to a plant pest of limited distribution in the state shall be subject to immediate quarantine action and will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plant and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action. The following are examples of plant pests that would require immediate quarantine action:
(a) Arthropods
1. Aleurodicus rugioperculatus – gumbo limbo whitefly
2. Aulacaspis yasumatsui – Asian cycad scale
3. Diaphorina citri – Asian citrus psyllid
4. Diaprepes abbreviatus – diaprepes root weevil
5. Duponchelia fovealis – European pepper moth
6. Maconellicoccus hirsutus – pink mealybug
7. Metamasius callizona – bromeliad weevil
8. Metamasius hemipterus – palm and sugarcane weevil
9. Morganella longispina – plumose scale
10. Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus – weevil
11. Nipaecoccus viridis – Lebbeck mealybug
12. Noctua pronuba – large yellow underwing
13. Oligonychus persae – avocado mite
14. Opuntiaspis spp. – scale insect
15. Paratachardina pseudolobata – lobate lac scale
16. Parlatoria ziziphi – black parlatoria scale
17. Pectinophora gossypiella – pink bollworm
18. Phalacrococcus howertoni – Howerton’s scale
19. Philephedra sp. – scale insect
20. Phoenicococcus marlatti – red date scale
21. Raoiella indica – red palm mite
22. Singhiella simplex – ficus whitefly
23. Vinsonia stellifera – stellate scale
24. Xyleborus glabratus – red bay ambrosia beetle
(b) Diseases
1. Agrobacterium tumefaciens – crown gall
2. Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
3. Cucurbit leaf crumple begemovirus
4. Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder crinivirus
5. Guignardia citricarpa – citrus black spot
6. Huanglongbing – citrus greening
7. Lethal yellowing of palms
8. Pepino mosaic virus
9. Phomopsis gardeniae – gardenia canker
10. Phytophthora tropicalis
11. Puccinia pelargonii – zonalis – geranium rust
12. Sphaceloma poinsettiae – poinsettia scab
13. Texas phoenix palm decline phytoplasma
14. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus – all in the complex
15. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri – citrus canker
(c) Mollusks
1. Otala lactea – milk snail
2. Zachrysia provisoria – Cuban land snail
(d) Nematodes
1. Meloidogyne enterlobii – Guava root-knot nematode
2. Tylenchulus semipenetrans – a citrus nematode
(3) Common Plant Pests. All nursery stock and other plants and plant products found infested or infected with a common plant pest shall be subject to immediate quarantine action when the population of the plant pest is adversely affecting the plant or plant product. The plant or plant product will not be eligible for certification until treated as prescribed by the department and released from quarantine. An Agreement for Treatment, Destruction, Forfeiture or Return of Plants and/or Plant Parts, FDACS-08029, revised 9/16, will be completed on all shipments requiring regulatory action.
Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 581.031(4), 581.101 FS. Law Implemented 581.031(7), (9), 581.101 FS. History-New 4-1-97, Amended 6-12-00, 10-8-03, 9-24-08, 2-26-17, 10-18-18.