6-county quarantine issued for boxwood shrubs due to invasive moth

Apr. 9—The Ohio Department of Agriculture is issuing a quarantine for six area counties to contain the spread of the invasive box tree moth. The quarantine will restrict moving boxwood shrubs out of Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Greene, Montgomery and Warren counties. Box tree moths are an invasive species from East Asia that pose a threat to boxwood shrubs, which the ODA called "an important …