United States Department of New Pest Response Agriculture Marketing and Guidelines Regulatory Programs Animal and Leek Moth Plant Health Acrolepiopsis assectella (Zeller) Inspection Service Cooperating State Departments of Agriculture 11/25/2004 New Pest Response Guidelines Leek Moth Acrolepiopsis assectella November 25, 2004 New Pest Response Guidelines: Leek Moth was prepared by Susan E. Ellis, USDA APHIS PPQ PDMP and edited by Patricia S. Michalak, USDA APHIS PPQ/Manuals Unit. Site this report as follows: Ellis, S. E. 2004. New Pest Response Guidelines: Leek Moth. USDA APHIS PPQ PDMP. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/manuals/ Richard L. Dunkle Deputy Administrator Plant Protection and Quarantine Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service USDA/APHIS/PPQ Emergency and Domestic Programs Planning and Preparedness Joel Floyd, Team Leader 4700 River Road, Unit 137 Riverdale, MD 20737 Telephone: 301/734-4396 [email protected] Updated January 5, 2006 Cover photo: Acrolepiopsis assectella adult. (Image courtesy of Jean-Francois Landry, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Leek Moth Credits Credits New Pest Response Guidelines: Leek Moth was prepared by Susan E. Ellis, USDA APHIS PPQ PDMP and edited by Patricia S. Michalak, USDA APHIS PPQ/Manuals Unit. Site this report as follows: Ellis, S. E. 2004. New Pest Response Guidelines: Leek Moth. USDA APHIS PPQ PDMP. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/manuals/ Ms. Ellis acknowledges the following people for their assistance in creating this NPRG: Chapter 3. Identification Ronald Berger Steven C. Passoa, Ph.D. USDA/APHIS/PPQ National Lepidoptera Specialist Environmental Services USDA/APHIS/Plant Protection and 4700 River Road Quarantine Riverdale, MD 20737 The Ohio State University Museum of Biodiversity Chapter 4. Survey procedures and others 1315 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Kristen Callow, M.Sc., Vegetable Crop Telephone: 614 688 4471 Specialist FAX: 614 688 4487 Hannah Fraser, Ph.D., Entomology Program Leader Jean-Francois Landry, Ph.D. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Research Scientist 1 Stone Road West Biodiversity Team Guelph, Ontario Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada N1G 4Y2 /Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada Local: (519) 826-4047 960 Carling Avenue / 960, avenue Carling Ottawa, Ontario/ Ottawa (Ontario) David R. Lance, Ph.D. K1A 0C6 USDA, APHIS, PPQ Center for Plant Health, Science and Chapter 7. Environmental concerns Technology Building 1398 Susan J. O’Toole Otis ANG, MA 02542 USDA/APHIS/PPQ Environmental Services Appendixes 4700 River Road Riverdale, MD 20737 Steven C. Passoa, Ph.D. i Leek Moth Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction..........................................................................................................1-1 Purpose........................................................................................................................................1-1 Disclaimers and document comprehension.................................................................................1-1 Commercial suppliers or products ...............................................................................................1-1 Contacts.......................................................................................................................................1-1 Initiating an emergency pest response program .........................................................................1-2 Program safety.............................................................................................................................1-3 Support for program decision making..........................................................................................1-3 Chapter 2 Pest Information ...................................................................................................2-1 Classification.................................................................................................................................2-1 History and distribution .................................................................................................................2-1 Economic impact and host range .................................................................................................2-1 Damage ........................................................................................................................................2-2 Life cycle.......................................................................................................................................2-5 Development.................................................................................................................................2-5 Behavior........................................................................................................................................2-6 Pertinent references .....................................................................................................................2-9 Chapter 3 Identification .........................................................................................................3-1 Importance....................................................................................................................................3-1 Authorities......................................................................................................................................3-1 Pre-identification............................................................................................................................3-1 Similar species...............................................................................................................................3-4 Collection, rearing and preparation of specimens.........................................................................3-6 Pertinent references ......................................................................................................................3-9 Chapter 4 Survey Procedures...............................................................................................4-1 Before starting...............................................................................................................................4-1 Survey types .................................................................................................................................4-1 Backtracking .................................................................................................................................4-3 Visual inspection of plants ............................................................................................................4-4 Sweep-net sampling .....................................................................................................................4-5 Trapping........................................................................................................................................4-5 Handling specimens .....................................................................................................................4-7 Orientation of survey personnel....................................................................................................4-7 Survey records..............................................................................................................................4-7 Chapter 5 Regulatory Procedures.........................................................................................5-1 Instructions to officers...................................................................................................................5-1 Issuing an emergency action notification......................................................................................5-1 Regulated articles.........................................................................................................................5-1 Quarantine actions........................................................................................................................5-2 Regulated establishments ............................................................................................................5-2 Use of pesticides ..........................................................................................................................5-2 Approved regulatory treatments ...................................................................................................5-2 Principal activities .........................................................................................................................5-3 Removing quarantines..................................................................................................................5-4 Orientation of regulatory personnel ..............................................................................................5-4 Regulatory records .......................................................................................................................5-4 ii Leek Moth Table of Contents Chapter 6 Control...............................................................................................................6-1 Overview....................................................................................................................................6-1 ERADICATION AND CONTAINMENT......................................................................................6-2 Defining the treatment area .......................................................................................................6-2