The light brown apple moth is about a quarter of an inch long. PHOTO BY R. ANSON EAGLIN, USDA APHIS State and federal officials, and growers and homeowners, in California have settled in for a long, contentious battle with light brown apple moth, an invasive leaf-rolling insect found there since 2007. Like other leafrollers, the larvae roll leaves and create webs that often lock leaves and fruit together, and feeding damage on fruit makes it unmarketable. Officials wrote off the idea of eradicating the insect in 2010, conceding that that cause had been lost, so California growers have a new […]