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UK Risk Register Details for Naupactus leucoloma

This record was last updated on 11/03/2020

Common Names

  • white-fringed beetle
  • white-fringed weevil

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Hitchhiking

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Bulbs or tubers
  • Soil/growing medium
  • Hitchhiking

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 40

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] 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
Portugal Present (Limited) Azores
United Kingdom Absent
North America
United States Present
South America
Argentina Present
Brazil Present
Chile Present
Peru Present
Uruguay Present
Oceania
Australia Present
New Zealand Present
Africa
South Africa Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Solanum tuberosum, Pasture

Major Hosts

  • Brassica L.
  • Daucus carota subsp. sativus
  • Fragaria ananassa (F. x ananassa) Duch.
  • Pisum sativum Linnaeus
  • Rubus L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Trifolium L.
  • Vigna unguiculata (Linnaeus) Walpers
  • Zea mays L.
  • Plants (general)

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

'UK (1994), EPPO (1998)'

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest. EPPO A1

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Weevil pest present in Africa, the Americas and Oceania. Main pathway (potatoes) is prohibited but potential for pest to enter via hitchhiking. Regulation helps mitigate this risk.

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