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USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service sent this bulletin at 04/03/2024 03:41 PM
EDT
FOR INFORMATION AND ACTION
DA-2024-09
April 1, 2024
Subject:
APHIS Establishes Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) Quarantine Areas in Texas
To:
State, Territory, and Tribal Agricultural Regulatory Officials
On March 11, 2024, the USDA¡¯s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas
Department of Agriculture (TDA) established a Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens; Mexfly)
quarantine in Zapata, Zapata County, Texas. On March 21, APHIS and TDA established Mexfly
quarantines in Brownsville, Cameron County and in Sebastian, Willacy County. On March 22, APHIS
and TDA established a Mexfly quarantine in Sullivan City, Hidalgo County.
The establishment of the Zapata quarantine is in response to the confirmed detection on March 7 of
a wild mated female Mexfly from a trap in a grapefruit tree in a residential area. The quarantine
encompasses approximately 39 square miles. There is no commercial agriculture in the quarantine
area.
The establishment of the Brownville quarantine is in response to the confirmed detection on March 5
of a wild mated female Mexfly from a trap in a grapefruit tree in a residential area. The quarantine
encompasses approximately 66 square miles. There are 49 acres of commercial citrus in the
quarantine area.
The establishment of the Sebastian quarantine is in response to the confirmed detection on March 13
of a wild mated female Mexfly from a trap in a sour orange tree in a residential area. The
quarantine encompasses approximately 71 square miles of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties.
There are 44 acres of commercial citrus in the quarantine area.
The establishment of the Sullivan City quarantine is in response to the confirmed detection on March
12 of three (3) wild mated female Mexfly from traps in orange trees in residential areas. The
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