Informational meeting on light brown apple moth and pending quarantine to be held at Fallbrook Community Center

SAN DIEGO - A species of moth known to damage plants and agriculture products has been discovered near Balboa Park, prompting a pending quarantine, San Diego County officials announced today.

Four light brown apple moths were found in a trap set one mile east of Balboa Park, according to Robert Atkins, the county's agriculture commissioner.

The discovery will trigger a 1.5-mile quarantine around the site as early as next week, and a subsequent federal quarantine could be imposed on the rest of the county, he said.

''Additional traps have been placed in the nine square miles surrounding the fin...