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UK Risk Register Details for Thrips parvispinus

This record was last updated on 30/11/2023

Common Names

  • Tobacco thrips

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

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  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Fruits or vegetables

Common Pathways

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  • 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] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 40

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 40

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
Germany Unknown Finding, unknown if will persist
France Present
United Kingdom Absent
Greece Present
Netherlands Present
Spain Present
North America
Canada Present
United States Present (Limited) Hawaii & Florida
Oceania Present
Australia Present
Solomon Islands Present
Africa
Ghana Present
Reunion Present
Tanzania Present
Uganda Present
Asia
China Present
Philippines Present
India Present
Indonesia Present
Malaysia Present
Myanmar Present
Singapore Present
Taiwan Present
Thailand Present
Central America
Barbados Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Thysanoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

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Edible and ornamental protected crops

Major Hosts

  • Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
  • Allium cepa L.
  • Brassica rapa L. em. Metzg.
  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Carica papaya L.
  • Chrysanthemum L.
  • Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Coriandrum sativum L.
  • Cucumis sativus L.
  • Dahlia pinnata Cav.
  • Daucus carota L.
  • Dendrobium Sw.
  • Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
  • Gossypium L.
  • Gossypium barbadense L.
  • Ipomoea aquatica Forskaal
  • Lactuca sativa L.
  • Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Mandevilla Lindl.
  • Mangifera indica L.
  • Mimosa pudica L.
  • Momordica charantia L.
  • Nephelium lappaceum L.
  • Nicotiana tabacum L.
  • Phaseolus vulgaris L.
  • Psidium guajava L.
  • Rosa L.
  • Ruellia L.
  • Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.
  • Solanum aethiopicum L./Torner
  • Solanum melongena L.
  • Solanum nigrum L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Tagetes L.
  • Tamarindus indica L.
  • Vegetable plants
  • Vigna unguiculata (Linnaeus) Walpers
  • Zea mays L.
  • Brugmansia Pers.
  • Citrus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2001)

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

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Action

No statutory action Justification: Limited information regarding impacts in protected cultivation in Europe, and no indication that this thrips species causes higher levels of impacts than Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips), a pest which is already established in UK glasshouses. This pest has been on the radar of EPPO since 2000 but was removed from the Alert List in 2001. Since then, no other country has regulated this pest, and as the pest is present in several EU countries which we import many hosts from, it is unlikely that we could prevent this pest from entering the UK.

General Comments

Polyphagous thrips species native to Asia. This pest is now also present in parts of Africa and the Americas and has been found in several countries in Europe. There is no indication that this thrips species causes higher levels of impacts than thrips species which are already established in UK glasshouses.

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