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UK Risk Register Details for Agrilus anxius

This record was last updated on 08/04/2020

Common Names

  • Bronze birch borer

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Non-squared wood
  • Firewood

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Plant parts and plant products:
  • Wood and wood products:
  • Non-squared wood
  • Firewood

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 5
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 20
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 100

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 5
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 10
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 50

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

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Betula

Major Hosts

  • Betula L.
  • Betula albo-sinensis Burkill
  • Betula alleghaniensis Britton
  • Betula ermanii Cham.
  • Betula jacquemontii Spach
  • Betula lenta L.
  • Betula maximowicziana Regel
  • Betula nigra L.
  • Betula occidentalis Hook.
  • Betula papyrifera Marsh.
  • Betula pendula Roth
  • Betula platyphylla var. japonica Sukatchev
  • Betula platyphylla var. szechuanica Sukatchev
  • Betula populifolia Marsh.
  • Betula pubescens Ehrh.
  • Betula utilis D.Don
  • Betula platyphylla Sukaczev

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2011) EPPO (2010)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest. EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

North American beetle pest of birch. Recognised as a significant threat to birch but regulation should help to mitigate the threat.

Risk Records for this Pest