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UK Risk Register Details for Eotetranychus sexmaculatus

Please note: there are high levels of uncertainty associated with the risk scores for this pest.

This record was last updated on 08/08/2022

Common Names

  • Citrus spider mite
  • Six spotted spider mite

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
  • Plants for planting (with soil)

Common Pathways

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

Vitis spp. are prohibited from the known distribution of the pest. Pest is in legislation.

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
United Kingdom Absent
North America
United States Present
South America
Peru Present
Oceania
Australia Present
New Zealand Present
Asia
China Present
India Present
Iraq Present
Japan Present
South Korea Present
Central America
Bermuda Present
Cuba Present

Type of Pest

  • Mite

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Vitis spp. Total protected cultivation

Major Hosts

  • Acer L.
  • Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.
  • Carica papaya L.
  • Ceratonia siliqua L.
  • Cinnamomum camphora Sieb./Nees & Eberm./Presl.
  • Citrus limon (Linnaeus) N.L.Burman
  • Citrus maxima (Burman) Merrill
  • Citrus sinensis (Linnaeus) Osbeck
  • Citrus unshiu Marcovitch
  • Clausena lansium (Lour.) Skeels
  • Diospyros kaki L.
  • Elaeagnus L.
  • Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
  • Ficus erecta Thunb.
  • Ficus retusa Linnaeus
  • Fragaria ananassa (F. x ananassa) Duch.
  • Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. Ex A.Juss.) Muell.Arg.
  • Hydrangea L.
  • Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Robins.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Malus domestica Borkhausen
  • Morus L.
  • Oxalis corniculata L.
  • Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud.
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Phaseolus L.
  • Platanus L.
  • Populus L.
  • Prunus L.
  • Prunus mume Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Psidium guajava L.
  • Pyracantha M.J.Roem.
  • Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) Henry Ex Rehd.
  • Rhododendron L.
  • Robinia pseudoacacia L.
  • Rosa L.
  • Rubus L.
  • Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees
  • Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Wight & Arn.) Sprague
  • Vitis vinifera L.
  • Citrus
  • Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) Liang & A.R. Ferg.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Both protected crops and outdoor production

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • N/A

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain) and in specific measures for Northern Ireland

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action on interceptions and outbreaks.

General Comments

A polyphagous spider mite found in Asia, the Americas and Oceania causing feeding damage which results in defoliation and reduced yields. To date impacts reported on crops of relevance to the UK have been limited to grapevines, but there is the potential it could represent a threat to other hosts if it were to establish.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Impacts on other hosts which are of more importance to the UK.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

Risk Records for this Pest