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UK Risk Register Details for Bactrocera tryoni

This record was last updated on 25/05/2022

Common Names

  • Queensland fruit fly

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Fruits or vegetables

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Fruits or vegetables
  • Soil/growing medium

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 5
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

Regulated quarantine pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 5
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
Oceania
Australia Present
French Polynesia Present
New Caledonia Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Diptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Orchard crops

Major Hosts

  • Annona L.
  • Averrhoa carambola L.
  • Carica papaya L.
  • Citrus limon (Linnaeus) N.L.Burman
  • Citrus paradisi Macfadyen
  • Citrus reticulata Blanco (S. S.)
  • Citrus sinensis (Linnaeus) Osbeck
  • Cydonia oblonga Mill.
  • Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
  • Fortunella Swing.
  • Malus Mill.
  • Malus domestica Borkhausen
  • Mangifera indica L.
  • Passiflora L.
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Prunus L.
  • Prunus domestica ssp. domestica L.
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Psidium guajava L.
  • Pyrus L.
  • Vitis L.
  • Vitis labrusca L.
  • Vitis vinifera L.
  • Citrus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest. EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

General Comments

Australian fruit fly never intercepted in the UK. Regulation appears to be effectively mitigating risk.

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