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UK Risk Register Details for Naupactus xanthographus

This record was last updated on 03/05/2023

Common Names

  • Citrus beetle
  • Grape-fruit weevil
  • South American fruit tree weevil

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)
  • Hitchhiking

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Fruits or vegetables
  • Soil/growing medium
  • Hitchhiking

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 45

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain).

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
United Kingdom Absent
South America
Brazil Present
Paraguay Present
Argentina Present
Chile Present
Uruguay Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Total outdoor production

Major Hosts

  • Erythrina crista-galli L.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Malus domestica Borkhausen
  • Prunus cerasus L.
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Pyrus communis L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Vitis vinifera L.
  • Citrus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (1996), EPPO (2020)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain). EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

Polyphagous South American weevil with potential to be introduced via imported fruit or other means. Statutory action would be taken against interceptions.

Risk Records for this Pest