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UK Risk Register Details for Euzophera bigella

Pest has been archived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 The information on this pest was correct as of 30/09/2021, but is no longer actively maintained.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 30/09/2021

Common Names

  • Fruit, pyralid
  • quince moth

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)
  • Fruits or vegetables

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 32

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] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 32

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
Belgium Present (Limited)
Poland Present (Limited)
United Kingdom Absent Interceptions or migrants only
Austria Present
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Czech Republic Present
France Present
Germany Present
Greece Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Republic of North Macedonia Present
Montenegro Present
Romania Present
Russia Present
Slovakia Present
Slovenia Present
Spain Present
Türkiye Present
Ukraine Present
Switzerland Present (Limited)
Denmark Present (Limited)
Africa
Algeria Present
Libya Present
Morocco Present
Asia
Afghanistan Present
Armenia Present
Azerbaijan Present
Iran Present
Israel Present
Lebanon Present
Pakistan Present
Syria Present
Turkmenistan Present
Uzbekistan Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Lepidoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Orchard crops

Major Hosts

  • Cydonia oblonga Mill.
  • Juglans regia L.
  • Malus pumila Mill.
  • Olea europaea Linnaeus
  • Prunus armeniaca L.
  • Prunus avium ssp./var. avium L.
  • Prunus domestica ssp. domestica L.
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Punica granatum L.
  • Pyrus L.
  • Salix alba L.
  • Salix purpurea L.
  • Vitis L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

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

Moth pest affecting certain tree species and some top fruit and stone fruit in a number of European countries and elsewhere. Occasionally detected in the UK, but unlikely to build up to damaging levels.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Why impacts can be high some years on a certain crop, and not in other years.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

Risk Records for this Pest