Delaware Administrative Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
800 - Plant Industries
804 - Rules and Regulations for Spotted Lanternfly
Section 804-2.0 - Purpose

2.1 Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, is a new pest to the United States and has been detected in Delaware. This is a dangerous insect to forests, ornamental trees, orchards, and grapes and is not native to Delaware or the United States. It is not yet widely prevalent or distributed within or throughout Delaware, but it has been found in numerous locations since its first appearance in Delaware in 2017.

2.2 The Spotted Lanternfly has been determined by the Department to be dangerous and destructive to the agriculture, horticulture, and forests of the State of Delaware and is hereby declared a "dangerously injurious plant pest." Therefore, the importation of any living life stage of the Spotted Lanternfly and Regulated Articles that may carry or spread the pest is prohibited except as outlined in this regulation.

2.3 These regulations govern the establishment of quarantine restrictions, permitting process, and discovery and suppression of the plant pest, Spotted Lanternfly, within the State of Delaware. The Plant Industries Administrator or designee shall have the authority to administer these regulations and shall be solely responsible for making the determinations required herein. These regulations have been developed to eradicate, repress, and prevent the spread of the plant pest, Spotted Lanternfly, (i) within the State, (ii) from within the State to points outside the State, and (iii) from outside the State to points within the State.