(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:

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    (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.