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UK Risk Register Details for Epitrix cucumeris

This record was last updated on 08/12/2022

Common Names

  • Potato flea beetle

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
  • Bulbs or tubers
  • Fruits or vegetables
  • Soil/growing medium

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

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

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated by emergency measures (Northern Ireland). Surveys.

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
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
Spain Present under eradication
Portugal Present
United Kingdom Absent
North America
Canada Present
Mexico Present
United States Present
South America
Bolivia Present
Colombia Present
Ecuador Present
Venezuela Present
Central America
Costa Rica Present
Dominican Republic Present
Guadeloupe Present
Guatemala Present
Jamaica Present
Nicaragua Present
Puerto Rico Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Solanum tuberosum

Major Hosts

  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Nicotiana tabacum L.
  • Petunia x hybrida Horti Vilmorin-Andrieux
  • Physalis alkekengi L.
  • Physalis peruviana L.
  • Solanum melongena L.
  • Solanum nigrum L.
  • Solanum pseudocapsicum L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Solanaceae (family)

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

EPPO (2011)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated by emergency measures (Northern Ireland). EPPO A2

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Flea beetle pest of potatoes present in parts of the Iberian peninsula. Emergency measures in place regarding the import of potatoes, with supplementary actions providing mitigations against the risk of introduction.

Risk Records for this Pest