Quarantine Pest Information
Quarantine pests such as insects, mites and plant disease organisms are among the top non-tariff trade barriers for exporting produce from one country to another. The table below shows the quarantine pests found in the USDA database for tree fruit crops we grow here in the Pacific Northwest with superscript indicators for prevalence in our area. Under each country name we’ve added the rank for the designated crop exported to that country (2015 crop year). For example, ‘C(8)’ means that exports of sweet cherries to that country ranked 8 out of the 10 top markets for sweet cherry exports from WA state.
The leading quarantine pests of note for our area are Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) and Oriental fruit moth (Cydia [Grapholita] molesta). For more information see our guides on identifying Codling moth and Oriental fruit moth.
Key to superscript indicators:
- ‘1’ indicates “pest of concern” and the work plan for that country requires special examination and/or treatment for the specified pest or come from a designated pest-free zone; detection of pest upon receipt will cause shipment rejection;
- ‘2’ indicaties that the pest doesn’t occur in our region;
- ‘3’ indicates shipment could be rejected if detected upon receipt; may or may not appear on phytosanitary statement;
- ‘4’ indicates that even a dead specimen can cause shipment rejection;
| Country crop (top 10 rank) | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|
| Australia C(8); A&P prohibited | Archips argyrospilus | Fruit tree leafroller |
| Bactrocera dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 | |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Drosophila suzukii 1 | Spotted wing drosophila 1 | |
| Rhagoletis spp. | Fruit flies | |
| Erwinia spp. | Fireblight | |
| Brazil A, P (6) | Anarsia lineatella | Peach twig borer |
| Brevipalpus lewisi 2 | Citrus flat mite 2 | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio | |
| Cydia [Grapholita] prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Cydia molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth | |
| Dacus dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Tetranychus pacificus 2 | Pacific spider mite 2 | |
| Phyllosticta solitaria | Blotch of pome fruits | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Gymnosporangium spp. | Rusts | |
| Plum pox virus | PPV | |
| B.C. Canada A(2), P(2), C(1), S | Cydia molesta 1 | Oriental fruit moth 1 |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Operophtera brumata | European winter moth (inchworm) | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella 1 | Apple maggot 1 | |
| Yponomeuta malinellus | Apple ermine moth | |
| Alternaria mali | Alternaria blotch | |
| Gymnosporangium clavipes | Apple rust | |
| Venturia inaequalis | Apple scab | |
| Phyllosticta sollitaria | Blotch of pome fruits | |
| Monilinia fructicola | Brown rot | |
| Neofabraea perennans | Bull’s eye rot | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis | Phacidiopycnis rot | |
| Podosphaera leucotricha | Powdery mildew-apple | |
| China A, P(5), C(2) | Anthonomus quadrigibbus | Apple curculio |
| Conotrachelus crateagi | Quince curculio | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio | |
| Cydia [Grapholita] packardi | Cherry fruitworm | |
| Cydia [Grapholita] prunivora | Lesser applerworm | |
| Cydia pomonella 1 | Codling moth 1 | |
| Dasineura mali | Apple leaf midge | |
| Eriosoma lanigerum | Woolly apple aphid | |
| Hyphantria cunea | Fall webworm | |
| Rhagoletis fausta | Black cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis indifferens | Western cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella 1 | Apple maggot 1 | |
| Rhagoletis spp. | Fruit flies | |
| Taeniothrips inconsequens | Pear thrips | |
| Tetranychus urticae | Two spotted spider mite | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Gymnosporangium rusts | Rusts | |
| Monilinia fructicola | Brown rot | |
| Neofabraea perennans or N. malicorticis 1 | Bull’s eye rot 1 | |
| Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis 1 | Phacidiopycnis rot 1 | |
| Phialophora malorum | Side rot | |
| Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens 1 | Sphaeropsis rot 1 | |
| Venturia inaequalis | Apple scab | |
| Columbia A, P(4), C | Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio |
| Cydia pomonella 1 | Codling moth 1 | |
| other Cydia spp. | fruit moths | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Grapholita prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Hyphantria cunea | Fall webworm | |
| Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Maconellicoccus hirsutus 2 | Pink hibiscus mealybug 2 | |
| Operophtera brumata | European winter moth (inchworm) | |
| Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiosus) perniciosus 1 | San Jose scale 1 | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Rhagoletis spp. | Fruit flies | |
| Yponomeuta malinellus | Apple ermine moth | |
| Alternaria mali | Apple storage rot | |
| Erwinia spp. | Fireblight | |
| Gymnosporangium spp. | Rusts | |
| Neofabraea [Pezicula] malicorticis | Bull’s eye rot | |
| Costa Rica A, P(9) | Anarsia lineatella | Peach twig borer |
| Anastrepha suspensa | Caribbean fruit fly | |
| Bactrocera dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 | |
| Choristaneura rosaseana | Oblique banded leaf roller | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum Curculio | |
| Cydia pomonella 3 | Codling moth 3 | |
| Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiotus) perniciosus | San Jose scale | |
| Drosophila suzukii | Spotted Wing Drosophila | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light Brown Apple Moth 2 | |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental Fruit Moth | |
| Pseudococcus maritimus 3 | Grape Mealybug 3 | |
| Tetranychus pacificus 2 | Pacific spider mite 2 | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| European Union A, P, C | Anastrepha fraterculus 2 | So. American fruit fly 2 |
| Anastrepha suspensa 2 | Caribbean fruit fly 2 | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum Curculio | |
| Dacus dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 | |
| Eotetranychus lewisi | Lewis spider mite | |
| Grapholita (Enarmonia) prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Grapholita (Enarmonia) packardi | Cherry fruit worm | |
| Rhagoletis fausta | Black cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis indifferens | Western cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Tachypterellus quadrigibbus | Apple curculio | |
| Alternaria alternata | Alternaria rot | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Monilinia fructicola | Brown rot | |
| Phyllosticta solitaria | Blotch of pome fruits | |
| Hong Kong A(7), P, C(5), S | Anthonomous spp. | Weevils |
| India A(3), P(7), C | Ametastegia glabrata | Dock sawfly |
| Anastrepha fraterculus 2 | So. American fruit fly 2 | |
| Anastrepha suspensa 2 | Caribbean fruit fly 2 | |
| Anthonomus quadrigibbus | Apple curculio | |
| Ceratitis capitata | Mediterranean fruit fly | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio | |
| Cydia (Grapholita) molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Cydia (Grapholita) packardi | Cherry fruit worm | |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth | |
| Cydia prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Frankliniella occidentalis | Western flower thrips | |
| Hyphantria cunea | Fall webworm | |
| Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Operophtera brumata | European winter moth (inchworm) | |
| Rhagoletis fausta & other Rhagoletis spp. | Black cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis indifferens | Western cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Synanthedon exitiosa | Peachtree borer | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Monilinia fructicola | Brown rot of apples/stonefruit | |
| Indonesia A(9), P, C | Anastrepha suspensa 2 | Caribbean fruit fly 2 |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth | |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Grapholita packardi | Cherry fruit worm | |
| Grapholita prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Panonychus ulmi | European red mite | |
| Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiotus) perniciosus | San Jose scale | |
| Rhagoletis fausta 1 | Black cherry fruit fly 1 | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella 1 | Apple maggot 1 | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Phyllosticta solitaria | Blotch of pome fruits | |
| Japan A, C(7), S | Anarsia lineatella | Peach twig borer |
| Anastrepha suspensa2 | Caribbean fruit fly2 | |
| Aphis pomi | Green apple aphid | |
| Archips argyrospilus | Fruit tree leafroller | |
| Archips rosana | European leafroller | |
| Argyrotaenia citrana 2 | Orange tortrix 2 | |
| Bactrocera dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 | |
| Cacopsylla pyricola | Pear psylla | |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Choristoneura rosaceana, Teras vicariana, tortrix gossypiana | Oblique banded leafroller | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio | |
| Cydia pomonella 1 | Codling moth 1 | |
| Dasineura mali | Apple leafcurling midge | |
| Grapholita prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Phenacoccus aceris | Apple mealybug | |
| Porthetria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Pseudococcus maritimus | Grape mealybug | |
| Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiotus) perniciosus | San Jose scale | |
| Rhagoletis fausta | Black cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis indifferens | Western cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Synanthedon (Sanninoidea) exitiosa | Peach tree borer | |
| Synanthedon pictipes | Lesser peach borer | |
| Tachypterellus quadrigibbus | Apple curculio | |
| Teras postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Yponomeuta malinellus | Apple ermine moth | |
| Tetranychus mcdanieli | McDaniel spider mite | |
| Tetranychus pacificus 2 | Pacific spider mite 2 | |
| Tetranychus viennensis | Sweet cherry spider mite | |
| Erwinia amylovora 1 | Fireblight 1 | |
| Gymnosporangium clavipes | Apple rust | |
| Korea C(3), A & P prohibited | (Fumigation required on all cherry shipments and only from specified counties.) | |
| Mexico A(1), P(1), C(6), S | Amyelois transitella 2 | Naval orangeworm 2 |
| Anarsia lineatella | Peach twig borer | |
| Archips argyrospilus | Western fruit tree leafroller | |
| Argyrotaenia citrana 2 | Orange tortrix 2 | |
| Bactrocera dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 | |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Choristaneura rosaceana | Oblique banded leafroller | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar 1 | Plum curculio 1 | |
| Cydia (Grapholita) molesta 1 | Oriental fruit moth 1 | |
| Cydia (Grapholita) prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Cydia packardi | Cherry fruit moth | |
| Drosophila suzukii | Spotted wing drosophila | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Frankliniella moultoni (occidentalis) | Western flower thrips | |
| Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Platynota stultana | Omnivorous leafroller | |
| Rhagoletis indifferens | Western cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Spectrobates ceratoniae 2 | Carob moth 2 | |
| Trogoderma granarium 2 | Khapra beetle 2 | |
| Alternaria mali | Apple storage rot | |
| Botrytis cinerea | Grey mold | |
| Erwinia amylovora pv. crenatoserrata | Fireblight | |
| Panama A, P(8), C, S | Bactrocera dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Choristoneura rosaceana | Oblique-banded leaf roller | |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth | |
| Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiotus) perniciosus | San Jose scale | |
| Eriosoma lanigerum | Woolly apple aphid | |
| Frankliniella occidentalis | Western flower thrips | |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Pseudococcus maritimus | Grape mealybug | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Russia P | Bactrocera dorsalis 2 | Oriental fruit fly 2 |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Choristoneura rosaceana | Oblique-banded leafroller | |
| Chrysobothris mali | Pacific flathead borer | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio | |
| Cydia packardi | Cherry fruit worm | |
| Cydia prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Frankliniella occidentalis | Western flower thrips | |
| Grapholita molesta 3 | Oriental fruit moth 3 | |
| Hyphantria cunea | Fall webworm | |
| Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiotus) perniciosus | San Jose scale | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella 3 | Apple maggot 3 | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Monilinia fructicola | Brown rot of Apple, Stonefruit | |
| Saudi Arabia A(8), P | Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiotus) perniciosus 3 | San Jose scale 3 |
| Taiwan A(5), P, C(4), S | Anarsia lineatella 3 | Peach twig borer 3 |
| Anastrepha suspensa 2 | Caribbean fruit fly 2 | |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Choristoneura rosaceana | Oblique-banded leafroller | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar 3 | Plum curculio 3 | |
| Cydia pomonella 1 | Codling moth 1 | |
| Dasineura mali | Apple leaf curling midge | |
| Drosophila suzukii | Spotted wing drosophila | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Eriosoma lanigerum | Woolly apple aphid | |
| Frankliniella occidentalis 3 | Western flower thrips 3 | |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Grapholita packardi | Cherry fruit worm | |
| Grapholita prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Hyphantria cunea | Fall webworm | |
| Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| Operophtera brumata | European winter moth (inchworm) | |
| Panonychus ulmi | European red mite | |
| Panonychus ulmi | European red mite | |
| Pseudococcus maritimus | Grape mealybug | |
| Rhagoletis fausta | Black cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis indifferens | Western cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella 3 | Apple maggot 3 | |
| Tetranychus mcdanieli | McDaniel spider mite | |
| Tetranychus pacificus 2 | Pacific spider mite 2 | |
| Yponomeuta malinellus | Apple ermine moth | |
| Erwinia amylovora 3 | Fireblight 3 | |
| Thailand A(10), P, C | Anarsia lineatella | Peach twig borer |
| Anastrepha suspensa 2 | Caribbean fruit fly 2 | |
| Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 | |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio | |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Frankliniella occidentalis | Western flower thrips | |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Grapholita packardi | Cherry fruit fly | |
| Grapholita prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Panonychus ulmi | European red mite | |
| Pseudococcus maritimus | Grape mealybug | |
| Rhagoletis fausta | Black cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis indifferens | Western cherry fruit fly | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Tetranychus pacificus2 | Pacific spider mite2 | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| United Arab Emirates A(4), P(3) | Diaspidiotus (=Aspidiotus) perniciosus | San Jose scale |
| Alternaria mali | Apple storage rot | |
| Erwinia amylovora | Fireblight | |
| Venezuela P(10); currently all fruit prohibited | Aphis spiraecola | Apple aphid |
| Cydia pomonella 1 | Codling moth 1 | |
| Vietnam A(6), P, C | Ceratitis capitata 2 | Mediterranean fruit fly 2 |
| Conotrachelus nenuphar | Plum curculio | |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth | |
| Drosophila suzukii | Spotted wing drosophila | |
| Epiphyas postvittana 2 | Light brown apple moth 2 | |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental fruit moth | |
| Grapholita packardi | Cherry fruit worm | |
| Grapholita prunivora | Lesser apple worm | |
| Hyphantria cunea | Fall webworm | |
| Diaspidiotus (=Quadraspidiotus) perniciosus 1 | San Jose scale 1 | |
| Rhagoletis pomonella | Apple maggot | |
| Tetranychus pacificus 2 | Pacific spider mite 2 |