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UK Risk Register Details for Dirioxa pornia

This record was last updated on 05/12/2023

Common Names

  • Boatman Fly
  • Fruit fly, Iceland
  • Island Fruit Fly
  • South Sea Fly

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Fruits or vegetables

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5]
Spread [1 - 5]
Impact [1 - 5]
Value at Risk [1 - 5]
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25]
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 1

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland, as Dirioxa pornia)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5]
Spread [1 - 5]
Impact [1 - 5]
Value at Risk [1 - 5]
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25]
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 1

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
Oceania
Australia Present
New Caledonia Present
Fiji Unknown Requires further verification
New Zealand Unknown Requires further verification
Vanuatu Unknown Requires further verification

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Diptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Major Hosts

  • Araucaria cunninghamii Sweet/Ait. Ex D.Don
  • Cydonia Mill.
  • Feijoa Berg.
  • Malus Mill.
  • Citrus
  • Fabaceae (family)
  • Musaceae (family)
  • Rutaceae (family)
  • Rosaceae (family)
  • Moraceae (family) Gaudich., 1835
  • Myrtaceae (family) de Jussieu, 1789

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland, as Dirioxa pornia)

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action in Northern Ireland. No statutory action in Great Britain.

General Comments

Australian fruit fly whose larvae feed on a wide range of damaged or fallen fruit. Attacks on healthy fruit appear to be rare. Considered to be of little phytosanitary risk to the UK.

Risk Records for this Pest