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UK Risk Register Details for Cephalcia arvensis

Pest has been archived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 The information on this pest was correct as of 18/04/2023, but is no longer actively maintained.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 22/06/2023

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)

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Import restrictions on the hosts from outside Europe.

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

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
Croatia Present
Estonia Present
Finland Present
France Present
Hungary Present
Latvia Present
Lithuania Present
Luxembourg Present
Netherlands Present
Norway Present
Poland Present
Romania Present
Russia Present
Slovakia Present
Sweden Present
Switzerland Present
Ukraine Present
Bulgaria Present
Czech Republic Present
Denmark Present
Germany Present
Italy Present
Slovenia Present
North America
United States Present
Asia
Mongolia Present
China Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hymenoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Forestry

Major Hosts

  • Abies alba Miller
  • Picea A.Dietr.
  • Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.
  • Fagus sylvatica L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved & Coniferous

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action

General Comments

Sawfly pest of Picea (spruce). This pest is present in parts of mainland Europe and elsewhere but is not known to be in the UK. Although present in Denmark, Outbreaks have only been recorded in forests in warmer parts of central Europe.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Level of impacts

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

Risk Records for this Pest