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UK Risk Register Details for Aleurotrachelus trachoides

This record was last updated on 30/07/2020

Common Names

  • Solanum whitefly

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)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Prohibition of key pathway

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] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 24

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
United Kingdom Absent
North America
Mexico Present
United States Present
South America Present
Brazil Present
Colombia Present
Ecuador Present
French Guiana Present
Guyana Present
Peru Present
Suriname Present
Venezuela Present
Oceania
Fiji Present
French Polynesia Present
Micronesia Present
Africa
Gambia Present
Nigeria Present
Mayotte Present
Mozambique Present
Reunion Present
Asia
India Present
Central America
Belize Present
Costa Rica Present
El Salvador Present
Guatemala Present
Honduras Present
Nicaragua Present
Panama Present
Antigua and Barbuda Present
Bahamas Present
Cayman Islands Present
Cuba Present
Dominica Present
Dominican Republic Present
Guadeloupe Present
Haiti Present
Jamaica Present
Martinique Present
Puerto Rico Present
Saint Barthelemy Present
Trinidad and Tobago Present
British Virgin Islands Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hemiptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Protected Solanaceae

Major Hosts

  • Apium graveolens L.
  • Capsicum L.
  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Capsicum frutescens L.
  • Dioscorea L.
  • Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir./Lam.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Nicotiana tabacum L.
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Rosa L.
  • Solanum melongena L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2004)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

Whitefly pest of tomato, pepper and aubergine present in the Americas and Africa.

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