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UK Risk Register Details for Ips duplicatus

This record was last updated on 03/10/2023

Common Names

  • Double-spined bark beetle
  • Northern bark beetle

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
  • Wood packaging material

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Non-squared wood

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 5
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 15
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 75

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated protected zone quarantine pest (Northern Ireland).

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 2
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
Belgium Absent
United Kingdom Absent
Sweden Present
Slovakia Absent Absent, pest no longer present.
Austria Present
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Czech Republic Present
Estonia Present
Finland Present
Germany Present
Hungary Present
Slovenia Present
Latvia Present
Lithuania Present
Poland Present
Romania Present
Norway Present
Russia Present
Serbia Present
Ukraine Present
Asia
China Present
Japan Present
Kazakhstan Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Forestry

Major Hosts

  • Abies Miller
  • Coniferous trees
  • Larix Mill.
  • Picea A.Dietr.
  • Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.
  • Picea jezoensis var. jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr.
  • Picea obovata Ledeb.
  • Pinus L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Coniferous

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (1991)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated protected zone quarantine pest (Northern Ireland).

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Regulated beetle pest of conifers. The UK has regulated this pest for years, and this appears to be effectively mitigating the risk of entry.

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