Newly detected pest found at Port of San Luis
Jalen Fong
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – Agriculture specialists from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made a significant discovery at the Port of San Luis, intercepting a pest that has never been detected in the United States.
The pest, identified as osbornellus salsus, is an insect that feeds on plants by sucking sap from grasses, trees, and shrubs.
They are known to transmit various plant diseases and pathogens, posing a potential threat to U.S. agriculture.
The discovery was made by CBP agriculture specialists during a routine shipment inspection shipment arriving from Mexico.
The shipment was later safeguarded and returned to Mexico.