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UK Risk Register Details for Calamobius filum

Pest has been archived

This pest has been assessed for the Risk Register and is considered to pose a low risk to the UK. The information on this pest was correct as of 01/06/2020, but is no longer actively maintained. It will only be updated if new information is received which indicates the potential for a significant increase in risk to the UK.

This record was last updated on 01/06/2020

Common Names

  • Grain borer

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Hitchhiking

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 1
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 4
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 20

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 1
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 4
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 20

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
Austria Present
Belgium Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Czech Republic Present
France Present
Germany Present
Greece Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Republic of North Macedonia Present
Moldova Present
Netherlands Present
Portugal Present
Romania Present
Russia Present
Serbia Present
Slovenia Present
Spain Present
Switzerland Present
Türkiye Present
Ukraine Present
United Kingdom Absent
Africa Present (Limited) North Africa
Asia Present (Limited) Near East and Asia Minor
Iran Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Cereals

Major Hosts

  • Agropyron Gaertn.
  • Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P.Beauv. Ex J. & C.Presl
  • Avena longiglumis Dur.
  • Avena sativa L.
  • Avena sterilis Linnaeus
  • Calamagrostis pseudophragmites (Hall F.) Koel.
  • Dactylis glomerata L.
  • Hordeum leporinum Link
  • Leymus Hochst.
  • Poa L.
  • Secale cereale L.
  • Triticum L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action against findings

General Comments

Longhorn beetle whose hosts include grass and cereal species. Present in many European countries where significant damage is rarely observed.

Risk Records for this Pest