Rare pest discovered for first time in U.S. inside shipment of pocket leaves

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Border officers discovered a rare pest while inspecting a shipment of pocket leaves at the Otay Mesa cargo facility last month.U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists were called in after the suspicious pest was initially found.The officers identified it as a Rhabdotalebra signata, which looks like a small moth.It was sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for confirmation, and CBP is now reporting the pest was in fact what officers suspec