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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 2. Agriculture
Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services
Chapter 332. Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Tree and Crop Pests Law - Box Tree Moth Quarantine
3/17/2026

2VAC5-332-30. Definitions.

The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Board" means the Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

"Box tree moth" means the live insect, in any life stage, known as the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis.

"Buxus spp." means boxwood plants of any species, regardless of cultivar or variety, with the genus name Buxus.

"Certificate" means a document issued by the department or another state's regulatory equivalent to a person operating in accordance with a compliance agreement to allow the movement of regulated articles from a regulated area to an unregulated area.

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

"Compliance agreement" means a written agreement between a person engaged in growing, handling, receiving, or moving regulated articles and either (i) the department, (ii) the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or (iii) another state's regulatory equivalent wherein the person agrees to comply with inspection, disinfection, certification, or other requirements necessary to prevent the spread of box tree moth when moving regulated articles originating in a regulated area into an unregulated area of Virginia.

"Department" means the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

"Infestation" means the presence of the box tree moth or the existence of signs or symptoms that make it reasonable to believe that the box tree moth is present.

"Inspector" means an employee of the department authorized by the commissioner to enforce the provisions of this quarantine.

"Moved," "move," or "movement" means shipped; offered for shipment; received for transportation; transported; carried; or allowed to be moved, shipped, transported, or carried.

"Permit" means a document issued or authorized by the commissioner or by another state's regulatory equivalent to provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted destinations for limited handling, utilization, or processing.

"Person" means the term as defined in § 1-230 of the Code of Virginia.

"Regulated area" means a locality of Virginia or another state listed in 2VAC5-322-50.

"Tree and Crop Pests Law" means Chapter 7 (§ 3.2-700 et. seq.) of Title 3.2 of the Code of Virginia.

"Unregulated area" means a locality of Virginia or another state that has not been officially confirmed to have populations of the box tree moth and is not listed in 2VAC5-322-50.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-703 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 17, eff. March 11, 2026.

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