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UK Risk Register Details for Phyllocoptes fructiphilus

This record was last updated on 08/12/2022

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

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  • Pest is introduced with the pathogen

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)

Common Pathways

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Cut flowers or branches

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated by emergency measures for rose rosette virus (Northern Ireland). EPPO A1

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 24

Proposed Actions

Proposed Actions

Regulation

Deregulation

Management By Industry

Targeted Survey

PRA

Contingency Plan

Publicity

Research

Distribution and Pest Details

Distribution

Country / Territory Status Notes
Europe
United Kingdom Absent
North America
Canada Present
United States Present

Type of Pest

  • Mite

Host or Industry at Risk

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Rosa

Major Hosts

  • Rosa L.
  • Rosa glauca Pourr.
  • Rosa multiflora Thunb. Ex Murr.
  • Rosa rubiginosa L.
  • Rosa woodsii Lindl.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2016); EPPO (2018)

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated by emergency measures for rose rosette virus (Northern Ireland). EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Mite pest of economical and socially important host in the UK, which is currently absent. If introduced it has the potential to cause significant damage, especially as it vectors Rose rosette virus.

Risk Records for this Pest