5B-65.003. Wood Boring Pests, Wood Inhabiting Pests, and Plant Pests

Wood boring pests, Wood inhabiting pests, and Plant pests are harmful to Florida agriculture, landscape, and native plants. They are known to infest Firewood and other Unprocessed wood products and can be transported through the movement of these products to areas where they can infest and damage live host trees and other plants. The following pests are considered to be a nuisance:

(1) Agrilus planipennis, emerald ash borer;

(2) Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetle;

(3) Bursaphelenchus cocophilus, red ring nematode;

(4) Dinapate wrighti, giant palm borer;

(5) Eriococcus lagerstroemiae, crape myrtle bark scale;

(6) Fiorinia externa, elongate hemlock scale;

(7) Hylurgus ligniperda, red-haired pine bark beetle;

(8) Hylurgops palliates, exotic bark beetle;

(9) Metamasius hemipterus, silky cane weevil;

(10) Orthotomicus erosus, Mediterranean pine engraver beetle;

(11) Pityophthorus juglandis, walnut twig beetle;

(12) Rhynchophorus cruentatus, palmetto weevil;

(13) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, red palm weevil;

(14) Rhynchophorus palmarum, American palm weevil;

(15) Scaphoideus luteolus, whitebanded elm leafhopper;

(16) Scolytus schevyrewi, banded elm bark beetle;

(17) Sirex noctilio, Sirex woodwasp;

(18) Tomicus piniperda, pine shoot beetle;

(19) Xyleborus glabratus, redbay ambrosia beetle;

(20) Xyleborus similis, ambrosia beetle.

Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 581.031(1), (4), (5), (7) FS. Law Implemented 570.07(2), (13), 581.031(1), (4), (5), (6), (7), (20) FS. History–New 8-10-10, Amended 10-7-21.