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UK Risk Register Details for Corythucha arcuata

This record was last updated on 22/12/2021

Common Names

  • Oak lace bug

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)
  • Non-squared wood

Common Pathways

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

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 60

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] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 60

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
Albania Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Greece Present
Slovakia Present
Czech Republic Present
United Kingdom Absent
Austria Present
Republic of North Macedonia Present
Germany Present
Italy Present
France Present
Romania Present
Russia Present
Switzerland Present
Türkiye Present
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Hungary Present
Serbia Present
Slovenia Present
North America
Canada Present
United States Present
Asia
Iran Present
Uzbekistan Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hemiptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Quercus

Major Hosts

  • Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.
  • Castanea sativa Mill.
  • Quercus L.
  • Quercus alba L.
  • Quercus aliena Blume
  • Quercus cerris L.
  • Quercus dentata Thunb.
  • Quercus frainetto Ten.
  • Quercus hartwissiana Stev.
  • Quercus iberica Bieb.
  • Quercus macrocarpa Michx.
  • Quercus mongolica Fisch. Ex Turcz./Fisch. Ex Ledeb.
  • Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm.
  • Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.
  • Quercus prinoides Willd.
  • Quercus prinus L.
  • Quercus pubescens Willd.
  • Quercus robur L.
  • Quercus rubra L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

EPPO (2003), UK (2018)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against interceptions.

General Comments

Lace bug affecting mainly oak. Awareness raising required to encourage early detection in event of introduction.

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