Fla. Admin. Code R. 5B-3.0038 (2026)

(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 Section 581.031(7), F.S., 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:

(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. Paratachardinapseudolobata – 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. Meloidogyneenterlobii – 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.

Effective: 10/18/2018.